WHAT SCIENTISTS TELL US.
There are believed to be Iff ions of shells to every eotofo aafite of ocean. The shark holds the 1 meord foi* long-distance swimming. A shark has been known to cover 800 miles in three days. Berlin passed a law in 1871 that all milV uld be' sterilised. As a resuP , ■ mortality in that city has fal - SO per cent, to 23 per cent, in 30 r-.--r.-r B.
The dandelion produces 12,000 seeds per plant: shepherds’ pulse, 37,000; thistbv 000; chamomile, 10,000; burdock, r < 00, and the common plantain, If,ooo.
Prof. Pictet, of Geneva, is reported to >nvp devised » plan by which oxygen can be produced on a commercial scale and at a cost that will greatly increase its use.
Many fl.«b can produce musical sounds. The trigla can produce to-
drawn notes ranging over nwr’y n.i octave. Others, notably two s' -■ i of ophldium, have sound-prrdn" v apparatus, consisting of small movable bones, which can be made to produce a sharp rattle. The curious “drumming” made by the species called umbrinas can be heard from a depth of 30 fathoms.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3553, 29 July 1905, Page 4
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185WHAT SCIENTISTS TELL US. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3553, 29 July 1905, Page 4
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