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pedicle on which, the animal is attached, as in some 

 other forms, neither is it a tail : and yet this 

 attenuation answers all the purposes of both, and 

 many others ; for by reason of it the creature can 

 like Milton's Imps contract itself from its 



FIG. 10. ^teutons. 



otherwise giant extension to an infinitesimally 

 small compass, and again expand at will to its 

 normal length, 1-25 of an inch. Also, by this means 

 it enters the condition of social life. A number 

 will thus congregate together and form a social 

 colony, each one secreting a viscid substance by 

 means of which they attach themselves in groups 

 to any object. Thus, if you collect a number and 

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