INSTANCES OF THE WONDER OF 



LIFE 



In Illustration of the Wonder of Life, the book tells of- 



millions of insects on a glacier 

 the bustle of life on the heather 

 a cataract of birds and a great draught of fishes 

 the floating meadows of the open sea 

 the animal census .... 

 twenty flowering plants on a patch of turf 

 the vultures gathering to the carcass 

 a spider's web .... 

 a fish that spits at insects 

 ii spider binding a grasshopper hand and foot 

 the skua forcing herring gulls to disgorge their fish 

 the land-leeches falling from title branches 

 a mosquito milking an ant 

 a python's extraordinary meals . 

 a fish swallowing a fish larger than itself 

 frigate-birds exploiting boobies . 

 birds of prey thinning bats 

 cannibal Rotifers .... 



sea-cucumber entangling lobster . 

 a fish that fishes .... 

 butterflies with protective repulsive odours 

 the garment of invisibility in flat-fishes 

 the ohamseleon's colour-change . 

 the leaf-butterfly effacing itself . 

 the two kinds of mimicry 

 young mantises Hke ants . 

 a crab masking itself with a sponge 

 a lobster masked with seaweed . 

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