The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 177
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… … THE BARBS OF STING FASTENED IN VICTIM. lows and giving the victim something to thinkabout. Now what I have called the head of the stingis composed of three stiff barbs that are foldedtogether to form a pyramid, as shown in Figs, i,2, 3; but when these parts get into the skin orthe flesh, a…
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