Keywords: Sea fables explained (15584929491).jpg go <br> SEA FABLES EXPLAINED <br> hydro-dynamic law which governs its mode of self-propulsion <br> when swimming and possibly in some degree within the <br> control of the animal the latter is relieved of much of the <br> weight of its shell When the Nautilus is at the bottom of <br> the sea its movement is like that of a snail crawling along <br> FIG THE PEARLY NAUTILUS Nautilus pompiUus AND SECTION OF <br> ITS SHELL After Professor Owen <br> a a Partitions; b b chambers; b' the last-formed chamber in which the <br> animal lives ; c c the siphuncle ; d attaching muscle ; e e the hollow <br> arms ; ff retractile tentacles ; g muscular disk or foot ; // the eye ; / <br> position of funnel <br> Upon the ground with its shell above it The shell in <br> proportion to the size of the animal that inhabits it is a <br> heavy one and unless it were rendered semi-buoyant its <br> owner's strength would be severely taxed by the effort to <br> drag it along By the means indicated this portable 10985696 41337 10456 Page 90 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985696 1883 10 5962/bhl title 10456 International Fisheries Exhibition; Lee Henry Biodiversity Heritage Library Sea fables explained Folklore Ocean Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 10985696 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985696 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween smithsonian libraries bhlmonstersrreal halloween Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-21 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15584929491 2015-08-25 16 56 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Sea fables explained Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script |