The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 176
ead that ap-pears to be shaped somewhat like that of anarrow, but is really more like a long pyramid.Connected with this is, as shown, a coiled, hol-low tube through which the poison is said to beforced. The whole cell seems to be under greatpressure and is always ready to explode at atouch, and to… … THE NEXT STAGE OK THE STING ENTERING THE VICTIM. 366 STRANGE FISH AND REPTILES is really a pyramid, is entering the flesh, and thecoiled thread is beginning to straighten out. In Fig. 3, the head is extended to its full length,and the thread is still straighter, while the poi-sonous fluid is…
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