re THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 
some of its deep-sea relatives the bait or lure 
is luminescent. Fishes are often attracted tv 
dangling objects, which doubtless pull the 
trigger “Food.” But whatever be the pre- 
cise use of the fishing-rod there is no doubt 
that the angler catches many fishes. 
The creature’s head is extraordinarily broad, 
and its gape is a terror. The angler secms 
“All Mouth.” <A fatal gape it is, for the 
sharp teeth along the jaws point backwards 
and are hinged at their base, yielding at once 
if we press them inwards, but rising in opposi- 
tion if we draw our finger the other way. What 
a simple trap, and yet so subtle! A broaden- 
ing out of the jaws is not very remarkable; but 
add to that a fishing-rod and a lonse-hinged 
attachment of the backward-pointing sharp 
teeth. Jf the incautivus victim has begun to 
explore what must scem to it just an interest- 
ing opening below the dangling lure, there is 
no return. In some cases the Fishing Frog 
manages to submerge much of its clumsy body 
in the sand. The dorsal fin-rays stand out in 
all innocence; the bait dangles above the 
mouth; the victim indulges its scientific spirit 
of investigation—and then the trap snaps. 
The eggs of the angler are found floating in 
