CUTTLEFISH.
According to.the lute Frank T. BuiIcn, who was one of the accredited observers of the life and habits of the giant cuttlefish, these molluscs, when undisturbed, progress literally on their heads (writes a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian). 'All the eightarms which surround the head act as feet as well as hands to convey-food) to the gaping mouth. When moving, quickly in flight, or to attack, they | eject a stream of water from an aper- [ turo in the neck, which chives them backward at a great speed, ail the arms closing together. Perhaps the strang- ■■ est thing of all about these amazing 1 creatures is the manner in which at i certain seasons some species -row: an ■ additional tentacle, which, when complete, becomes detached and flouts away. In process of time this finds a female, to which it clings, and ivlueh it at once impregnates, then falls oft and perishes. It is probable that all the vast range of the animal kingdom can show no stranger method than this I of the propagation of the species.
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Otaki Mail, 6 November 1922, Page 4
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177CUTTLEFISH. Otaki Mail, 6 November 1922, Page 4
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