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DEEP SEA
MARIE NEURATH
A PARRISH COLOUR .BOOK FOR CHILDRENTHE WONDER WORLD
OF THE DEEP SEA
by Marie Neurath
The heights of Everest have been
conquered, but the depths of the
sea are almost unexplored. It is
only recently that man has dis-
covered some of the secrets of the
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strange creatures that live far
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down in this vast, dark world.
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What do they look like? How do
they find food? What dangers
lie hidden in the darkness?
‘These questions are all answered
Otto & Marie
in this book: A battle of the
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giants beneath the sea—The fish
that goes fishing with a rod and a
light— He swallows a meal as big
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as himself Living hiding places
in the deep sea-The largest
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animal in the world eats the
smallest creatures in the sea.
By using clear, simple text and
illustrations that have just suffi-
cient detail, Marie Neurath has
succeeded in opening a door for
every child to a strange, little-
known world.
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LIST OF CONTENTS
Strange Creatures of the Deep Sea
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A Battle of the Giants Beneath the Sea
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Living Lamps in the Dark Sea Depths
The Fish that Goes Fishing with Rod and Light 10
He Swallows a Meal as Big as Himself
Strange Swift Ways of Catching a Meal eo
Living Hiding Places in the Deep Sea 14
Flying Fish and Riding Fish
The Huge Jungle Sea in Mid-Atlantic 18
The Wonderful Journey of the Eels 20
The Largest Animal in the World Eats the
Smallest Creatures in the Sea 22
How One Fish Eats for Another
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A House of Shell with Empty Rooms
‘The Flat Plaice You Cannot See
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How Small Fish Foil the Killer of the Seas
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Fishes that Fight with Sword and Saws
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They Go Straight to the Sea They have Never
Seen
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The Sentinel Calls the Guard When Dan
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Threatens
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Learning the Secrets of the Deep
SeaStrange Creatur
of the Deep Sea
Some fish, near the sunlit
surface, can leave the water
and fly; some, in the twilight
lower down, have large eyes
to catch the light; others
in the darkness near the
bottom, carry lights of their
own to help them to see.
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A Battle of the Giants Beneath the Sea
This sperm whale, several times as big as an elephant, usually
swims near the surface. Now he has swooped deep down to
search for food. He opens his mighty jaws and attacks the giant
squid. The squid fights fiercely with its ten long arms; the whale
will carry scars from its powerful suckers. The sea-devil, which
was being chased by the squid, escapes during the fight.
Living Lamps in the Dark Sea Depths
Lights can sometimes be dangerous. With
hungry jaws wide open, the dragon-fish
follows the glowing squids. The squid sees
the shining lantern-fish and shoots out two
of his long arms to catch it.By the time the lantern-fish can see again, the prawn has gone.
2)The Fish that Goes Fishing with a Rod —
and a Light
The angler-fish’s rod shines in
the dark and small fish swim up.
With ajerk he throws back the
rod and opens his huge mouth.
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The black swallower sees a
lantern-fish as big as himself.
Suddenly he snaps.
With his huge, hinged jaws he
swallows it whole. His stomach
bulges, crammed with a meal
that will last for several days.
Strange Swift Ways of Catching a Meal
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The blunt-faced John Dory
looks harmless enough. Four
_ small fish swim quite close to
him. Suddenly his jaw shoots
out like a telescope. There are
only three small fish left to
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Hidden amongst the
rocks the octopus lies
still, watching and wait-
ing. A crab crawls near.
The octopus flashes
out its long arms and
pulls the crab in.
3)Living Hiding Places in the Deep Sea
The sea-cucumber is an animal which looks like a plant. By
day, the slim creature wriggles tail first right inside it.
When it is dark, he comes out to search
for food. But he was not
hiding alone. Two other creatu
res swim out with him.
14The coral fish can safely
The anemone swallows his meal while the coral fish swim off.
When they are chased, these creatures leap clean out ofthe water.
This small fish has an easy way of travelling. He
uses the sucker
on his head to fasten him
self to a passing shark.
16They are flying fish, and can use their fins like wings, for gliding.
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He clings to the shark until it reaches a place where he can
find food. Then he unfastens himself and swims to his meal.
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The Wonderful Journey of the Eels
In spring, deep down below the sur-
face of the Sargasso Sea, the baby
eels are born. Slowly they drift up-
wards, growing short and flat, like
leaves, and the flowing currents carry
them to the north. One kind grows
fast and turns west to the rivers of
North America. The smaller eels,
which grow more slowly, turn east
across the wide Atlantic and it is
three years before they reach the
shores of Europe. From the coasts,
the eels press on up the rivers, closel
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packed, through rapids and over
waterfalls. There, for severa
l years,
they live and grow. Then, on
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they makea long last journ
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the Sargasso Sea. Wha
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them, nobody knows, bu
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The blue whale—the biggest animal in the world—lives on the
uniest creatures in the sea. It filters them out from the sea-
water by means of the forest of bony spikes in its upper jaws:
22the Smallest Creatures in the Sea
Not one of the creatures which this whale eats is bigger than a
shrimp. Some are too small for the eye to see, and all are
strange. Here are some of the millions which make a mouthful.
23How One Fish Eats for Another
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> These newly-hatched angler fish all swim about together. The
females (shown blue) are already. bigger than the males.
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The females grow fast; the males stop growing altogether.
Each tries to hold on to a female. If he cannot he will
die.
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At first he simply clings on. But in time his mouth grows to the
female’s skin. She does all his feeding for him.
A female angler fish may have two or even three small males
fixed to her and living on her for the rest of their lives.
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The young pearly nautilus builds himselfa single room of shell.
As he grows, he adds a new room and moves into it. In time he
has a shell with many rooms.
All the old rooms are filled with gas, so
the shell is light, and
the nautilus, who swims backwards, can move quite fast.
26The Flat Plaice You Cannot See
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The young plaice has one eye on each side of its head. Gradu-
ally, the left eye moves to the right until both eyes are on the
same side. As it grows, it lies on its left side on the sea-bed.
Its skin takes the same colour
as the sea bed. If there are
pebbles there, the plaice’s skin
looks as if it has pebbles on it
too. Then its enemies cannot
see it.
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How Small Fish Foil the Killer of the Seas
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The shark is just about to bite.
Suddenly the porcupine fish
turns upside-down, blows him-
self up, and sticks out the sharp
spikes which cover him. The
shark turns and swims away.When the cuttlefish is attacked he pours out a thick cloud of
ink. While his enemy gropes in the darkness he makes his escape.
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Fishes that Fight with Swords and Saws
The South Pacific swordfish, nearly as long as a bus, uses his 4
long sword-like nose to slash the smaller fish. He is tremendously
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strong. He has been known to charge at a small boat and drive ~
his sharp “sword”’ clean through its side.
30This sawfish, nearly twice as big as the
swordfish, digs his “saw” into the sandy
bottom of the sea. When he comes upon a
fish, he cuts it up and eats it.
They Go Straight to the Sea They Have
At night the green turtles swim :
to the shore. Then the females,
on their own, walk miles inland.
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The newly-hatched baby turtles
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Each female digs a hole in the
sand, lays many eggs in it, and
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Yet they all go straight towards
it. But not all reach it. Some are
caught by frigate birds.
33The Sentinel Calls the Guard When
Danger Threatens
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While the walruses lie sleepily
on the ice, a polar bear stretches
a paw towards a baby. Bu
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34He gives the alarm. Th e mothers swim off with the babies
while the others surround the bear and prevent him following.
35Learning the Secrets of the Deep Sea
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Years ago, people could on-
ly guess at the secrets of the
deep sea. Now frogmen can
swim below the waves with
cameras and take photo-
graphs. Men inside special
diving bells can go deep
down and see for them-
selves the strange creatures
that live near the sea-bed.Ress aa Rola i. at af
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The Wonder World
of Nature
Miss Noel Streatfeild has said of
this series : “‘ They are the perfect
books for the home. . . . It is im-
possible to recommend them too
highly.”
THE WONDER WORLD
OF ANIMALS
Teeth that fell trees, paws that
build dams ~The strangest animal
of all — Forest animals too young
to climb ~ The battle to be leader
of the herd — It looks like a mouse,
it flies like a bird.
THE WONDER WORLD
OF INSECTS
The parasol ants which grow
mushrooms — Keeping the cattle
on an insect farm — The weaver
ants whose children spin - The
still watch of the fighting mantis.
THE WONDER WORLD
OF BIRDS
These birds with no nests hatch
eggs on their feet - The tailor
bird stitches a cradle of leaves —
Cockatoo watchmen sound the
alarm - The hedge sparrow
hatches the cuckoo’s egg.
THE WONDER WORLD
OF THE SEASHORE
A crab which fights with claws
that sting — Little fish live where
big ones dare not go— The “plant”
where the jellyfish grow — Many
animals which look like one plant.
THE WONDER WORLD
OF LONG AGO
The largest land creature that
ever lived—When giant jaws met
giant armour ~The sabre-toothed.
hunter meets his mat ch
— Gliding
reptiles, birds with teeth.
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