INSTANCES OF THE WONDER OF 



LIFE 



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



milhons 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 



a spider binding a grasshopper hand and foot 



the skua forcing herring gulls to disgorge their fish 



the land-leeches falling from the 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 



carmifoal Rotifers .... 



sea-cucumber entangling lobster. 



a fish that fishes .... 



butterflies with protective repulsive odours 



the garment of invisibility in flat-fishes 



the chamseleon's colour-change . 



the leaf-butterfly effacing itself . 



the two kinds of mimicry 



young mantises like ants . 



a crab masking itself with a sponge 



a lobster masked with seaweed . 



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