8 DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS 



munity has to scientists of yesterday. These old musty archives 

 continue to contribute valuable medical data to the men who go 

 down into the depths of the sea today. Our applied knowledge re- 

 garding most of these marine creatures is still very meager. More- 

 over, it will continue to remain so until basic medical and marine 

 biological research is permitted to join hands in pushing back the 

 frontiers of ignorance. 



The reader should keep in mind, as he enters the sea and matches 

 wits with these death-dealing creatures, that there is an ever-in- 

 creasing amount of scientific evidence that these noxious organisms 

 and their poisons may serve as sources of the life-giving antibiotics, 

 anti-cancer, and other indispensable therapeutic agents of tomor- 

 row. These organisms must be considered as more than mere 

 marine biological hazards — they are the vast chemical reserves 

 of the future. 



But now for the cold realities of today — dangerous marine organ- 

 isms — their noxious effects, treatment, or better yet, how to avoid 

 them ! 



