INTELLIGENCE, POWER, 



form of the development of the most effective armor, the 

 most effective concealment, the most effective sting and 

 poison. In the case of the alligator and the crocodile we have 

 a negativity of the greatest degree, a negativity below that 

 of the cold-blooded fish. 



This point may be illustrated by a comparison between 

 an alligator captured in Florida, weighing 450 pounds, and 

 a white whale captured in the subarctic, weighing 472 

 pounds. The white whale, a warm-blooded mammal, was 

 an occupant of the cold arctic sea. The white whale requires 

 a large amount of food to maintain its wartn-blooded state 

 and to enable it to come to the surface once a minute to 

 breathe. 



The contrast in the behavior characteristics of these two 

 animals of approximately equal weight is seen in the striking 

 difference in their energy-controlling organs. The brain of 

 the white whale weighed 2,390 grams; the brain of the 

 alligator weighed 14.08 grams. The heart of the white 

 whale weighed 1,370 grams; the heart of the alligator, 318 

 grams. The contrast in weight between the adrenal glands 

 of the white whale (19.13 grams) and those of the alligator 

 (11.96 grams) was negligible, but the contrast in weight 

 between the thyroid gland of the white whale (65.32 grams) 

 and the thyroid gland of the alligator (13.32 grams) is a 

 striking example of the mechanism of constant energy, 

 which is controlled by the brain and the thyroid gland and 

 not by the adrenal glands. 



Compared with the white whale, the alligator pos- 

 sesses an extremely low level of intelligence, power, and 

 personality. 



In the course of our researches we brought alive to the 

 laboratory of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation alligators, 

 crocodiles, lions, and tigers and administered lethal doses 

 of chloroform or ether. The contrasting speed, power, and 

 alertness were strikingly different in the alligator and 

 crocodile as compared with the lion and tiger. When roped, 



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