Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 290
ravel long distances, and go at almost lightningspeed. He generally travels backward, but can goforward, too, and his fins act as a rudder. Heloves to chase and catch fish, and this is his princi-pal occupation. Inside the body there is always a little bag, filledwith an inky mixture, which he can… … THE LONG ARM OF THE SQUID. the ends like an oar, and have suckers only at thesebroad places. Now, try to imagine how the squid hunts. Hesees a little fish darting by him, far beyond the reach the skin ; but it is very different from our backbone,as it is thin and nearly transparent, and is made ina…
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