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Page 87
... fish from its enemies but also to render swift - swimming fish on which it feeds helpless by benumbing them . This is borne out by the fact that a large fish bearing no external signs of injury was found in the stomach of an electric ...
... fish from its enemies but also to render swift - swimming fish on which it feeds helpless by benumbing them . This is borne out by the fact that a large fish bearing no external signs of injury was found in the stomach of an electric ...
Page 113
... fish , when it would dip quickly , fasten its suckers to the throat of the fish or the shell of the turtle and then permit itself and its prey to be drawn into the canoe to- gether . Columbus and his men saw the natives haul in a turtle ...
... fish , when it would dip quickly , fasten its suckers to the throat of the fish or the shell of the turtle and then permit itself and its prey to be drawn into the canoe to- gether . Columbus and his men saw the natives haul in a turtle ...
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... Fish , caught by stupefying them , 209 Fish , caught by tickling , 28 Fish , crucifix , what is , 283 Fish , electric , what are , 87 Fish , Indians used as fertilizer , 163 Fish , ocean bottom , do they live at , 71 Fish , species ...
... Fish , caught by stupefying them , 209 Fish , caught by tickling , 28 Fish , crucifix , what is , 283 Fish , electric , what are , 87 Fish , Indians used as fertilizer , 163 Fish , ocean bottom , do they live at , 71 Fish , species ...
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