CONDITIONS OF DEEP-SEA LIFE 



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The greater part of these shore dwellers are exceedingly 

 intolerant of the enormous pressure of the deeper waters, as 

 well as of the low temperature and total darkness which exist 

 there. Certain forms have, however, acquired the ability 



A Group of Fishes of Peculiar Form, such as Inhabit M'^derate Depths in the Sea 



The bottom form is a flounder, with both eyes on the same side of the head to fit it for lying flat upon 

 the bottom. The third from the base of the picture is provided with fringed appendages which attract the 

 attention of its prey, and bring them so near that they may be captured in one leap. 



to withstand these peculiar conditions; generation by genera- 

 tion through the geologic ages they have crept away from 

 the realms of tierce combat next the shores, to the less con- 

 tested fields of the open and deeper seas. Through all the 



