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THE WONDER OF LIFE 



Fig. 82.— Head of Kurtus. {After Weber.) The 

 upper figure shows the bony hook. The 

 lower figure shows the bunch of eggs. 



Kterally as far 

 as the poles 

 apart ! 



Extraordin- 

 ary Egg -carry- 

 ing Adaptation 

 in a Fish. — ^In 

 one of the rivers 

 of New Guinea 

 the e X p 1 o r er, 

 Lorentz, found a 

 remarkable fish, 

 Kurtus gulhveri, 

 whose parental 

 care has been 

 described by 

 Prof. Max 

 Weber. In the 

 mature male a 

 bony process on 

 the back of the 

 skull grows for- 

 wards and down- 

 wards like a bent 

 little finger, and 

 forms a ring or 

 ' eye; '. In this, 

 somehow or 

 other, a wreath 

 of eggs is at- 

 t a c h e d. Each 

 egg has an en- 



