ANIMAL-PLANTS AND SEA- WEEDS 117 



miles. Such are the mighty works of these little 

 artificers of the deep. 



While we have been considering the habitations 

 of these marine wonders we have seen nothing of 



Fig. 76. An animal-plant feeding, by catching particles 

 from the surrounding water with its tentacles. Actual 

 size shovvn in little square 



the living organisms themselves. Those who have 

 never seen these minute marvels will naturally 

 be wondering what these little workers of great 

 things are like. In Fig. 76 are shown a few cups 

 of the branch of another form of zoophyte, with 

 its polypes busy seeking food. And if we care- 

 fully watch these in their, living state, we soon 

 observe that any particle of living matter that may 



