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tkS'TANCfeS OF THE WONDER OF LIFE 



the pistol crab as a tailor 



self-advertisement among animals 



the chamaeleon's ruse .... 



the soap-bubbles of cuckoo spit 



ejqjeriments in bipedal progressitDn . 



a jet of blood from the homed toad's eyes 



the fire-fly's courtship » . . . 



the male Rhinoderma with eggs ia his croaking 



paternal care in hombills ... 



beetle-pets kept by ants .... 



the shifts for a Uving on the sea-shore . 



sea slugs secreting dilute oil of vitriol 



a fight between starfish and sea-urchin 



cannibalism in a molluscan cradle 



paternal care among shore animals . 



the male stickleback's nest 



the male lumpsucker's care of the eggs 



the multiplication of palolo -worms 



how Ctenophores escape the storms . 



open-sea insects ..... 



transparent animals ..... 



animal life in the great ' deeps ' 



a strange, dark, cold, calm, silent, monotonous 



trawling at a depth of over three miles . 



the ceaseless rain of small organisms from the 



the abysses ..... 



the absence of microbes in the deep sea . 

 long stalks and long Hmbs in deep-sea animals 

 abyssal fishes ' tumbling upwards ' 

 an extraordinary blind cuttlefish from the abysses 

 bright colours in a world of darkness 

 iridescence seen on lakes .... 

 three milKon Rotifers to the square yard . 

 the linkage between mussels and minnows 

 the linkage between bitterlings and mussels 

 water-fleas surviving desiccation for nine years 

 a leech surviving two days' imprisonment in ice 

 organisms of the dwarf-plankton which pass through 



finest silk gauze. ..... 



the circulation of matter : how the world goes round 



world 



surface to 



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