It Lives Long.
The creature said to be most tenacious of life is the common sea polyp. One may be cut. in two, and two creatures are the result. One may bo slit lengthwise into half a dozen sections, making as many animals. They may be turned inside out and enjoy themselves just as well as before. If two be divided and placed end to end, the result will be a monster having a head at each end
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Manawatu Herald, 4 August 1896, Page 4
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78It Lives Long. Manawatu Herald, 4 August 1896, Page 4
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