Big Game at Sea 



tator not familiar with it. This was illustrated when 

 I requested an attendant when displaying this octopus 

 to explain to visitors that it was perfectly harmless, 

 then to enrage it, and ask spectators to take it out of 

 the tank and place it in another, a substantial induce- 

 ment being offered in one instance. But among the 

 many observers not one could be found who would 

 touch the quivering, color-changing creature poised 

 for its harmless spring; the terror inspired was com- 

 plete and intense. 



