. Il popolare di storia naturale . Zoologia. €02 THF CARTA NAUTILUS. il bordo del guscio in acqua e agito come tanti remi. In conseguen- quence di questa credenza, la Creatura è stata denominata la Argonaut in allusione alla vecchia favola classica della nave Argo e il suo golden treight. Certamente, l'Ar^n se stessa non poteva avere portato una più splendida cargo che è portato dal guscio della Argonaut quando il suo abitante è viva e nel suo pieno godimento della vita e della salute. L'animale, o 'â poulp" come è tecnicamente chiamato, è infatti la più bella creatura, nonostante la sua forma non attraente.

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. The popular natural history . Zoology. £02 THF PAPER NAUTILUS. the edge of the shell into the water and acted like so many oars. In conse- quence of this belief, the creature was named the Argonaut, in allusion to the old classical fable of the ship Argo and her golden treight. Certainly, the Ar^n herself could not have carried a more splendid cargo than is borne by the shell of the Argonaut when its inhabitant is living and in its full enjoyment of life and health. The animal, or 'â poulp" as it is technically called, is indeed a most lovely creature, despite of its unattractive form. " It appeared, " writes Mr. Rang, when describing one of these creatures which had been captured alive, " little more than a shapeless mass, but it was a mass of silver, with a cloud of spots of the most beautiful rose- colour, and a fine dotting of the same, which heightened its beauty. A long semicircular band of ukramarine blue, which melted away insensibly, was vei-y decidedly marked at one of its extremities, - that is of the keel. A large mem. ARGONAUT OR PAPER NAUTILUS.â{Argonauta Argo.) brane covered all, and this membrane was the expanded velation of the arms, which so peculiarly characterises the poulp of the Argonaut. " The animal was so entirely shut up in its abode, that the head and base of the arms only were a little raised above the edges of the opening of the shell. On each side of the head a small space was left free, allowing the eyes of the mollusc some scope of vision around, and their sharp and fixed gaze appeared to announce that the animal was watching attentively all that passed around it. The slender arms were folded back from their base, and inserted very deeply round the body of the poulp, in such a manner as to fill in part the empty spaces which the head must naturally leave in the much larger opening of the shell." U, K. a.ijj then proceeds to ^hpw the real use of the expanded arms, whicl. Please note that these images

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• booksubjectzoology
• bookyear1884