The Mighty Deep 



beings weaker than themselves ; largely on the 

 vast hordes of the young of crabs and jelly- 

 fishes. Others are furnished with formidable 

 weapons, wherewith they can actively attack 

 powerful foes. 



Cold-blooded though they be, and probably 

 without the sense of physical pain, they yet 

 have their little range of emotions. 



According to one thoughtful and competent 

 observer,^ they can be frightened, they can be 

 angry, they can endure pangs of jealousy, 

 they can be excited by a spirit of curiosity. 

 And though one may perhaps hardly go so far 

 as to speak of ''fishy" affection, shown by one 

 to another, yet some faint reflection of maternal 

 anxiety seems occasionally to exist. 



They also display a real enjoyment of life, 

 a pleasure in "being," a delight in playing with 

 water and wave, and even a sportiveness, such 

 as one might imagine to belong only to creatures 

 of a higher grade. 



On the whole, the brain of a fish is better 

 developed than the brains of any other animals 

 of low rank, excepting only that of the Cuttle- 

 fish. 



Some instances have been known of tame 

 * Romanes. 

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