New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

small squalus has evolved an arrangement on
the top of his head whereby he can attach NM
self to any floating body and be carried along
without effort on his part All the functl ms are
easily performed during attachment and noun
ing short of doing damage to the fish VIII dis-
lodge him. 1t is fairly well known that the
Chinese and East African folk have utilized the
remora for catching turtle in most ingenious
wav More energetic than any other sharks are
the sawfish whose snouts are prolonged INTO
broad blade of cartilage. which is horiZohtai
when the fish is swimming IN norman po-
sition and has both its edges set with sllgntly
curved teeth about an men apart: me emu .,
the formida BILE looking weapon Is DluIit anu
comparatively soft. so that ii is quite Incapable
Of the feats popularity attributed to IL OF plerc-
ing whales bodies. ships tmbers etc. II at
tacks other fish by a swift lateral thrust OF the
cav beneath them. the keen edge disembowei-
ling them Then it feeds upon the Soit ettialls'
which are apparently the only food IL can eat,
from the peculiar shape of its mouth. IL mas
an enormous number of small teeth sone'iiies
as many as fifty rows in one indlVlduai put tney
are evidently unfit for the rough duties re'Iul.u
of their teeth by the garbage-eating members
Of the family.
THE YOUNG OF THE SHARK
,no,hor nacuIiaritv which differcntates the
Snualidan from all other fish. and would seem
To link them with the mainnala, Is tne way III
which they produce their young but helc i'' aiiac
such dIversities as To puzzle the student biealy,
for some sharks are vvparouS, bearing Iii'prh
sharklets at once that play about the Enother III
the liveliest manner and are cared lol ~ "ot
vitb he utmost SOlicitude At the approach VI
danger they all rush to the parent ana hurry
down her throat hiding IN some ShuS c"dIi'
till their alarm has subsded. when they emerge
again and Immediately recommence theit edli-
bols The pretty little blue ana Sou al aiiA
(nilot0sh, that is so faithful friend ana coih-
nanion To the sharks. also hides at times III the
same capacious retreat. That this IS iact
cannot be disputed. since sharks nave often
been caught and cut open and the livery prs
oners taken from within. Upon seVerai oc.
casons | have witnessed this, and once keps
a family of a dozen for week in a tub OK
water feeding them scraps, until some pussy
hodv gave them to the cat ana maze nef very
III | have also the young ones anu Ine
niIot left behind when shark has been caushC
their frantic leapingS upward at thelr uepdi t.h6
protectors being quite a moving slSht- Otief
sharks are ovo-viviparous laying eSSS, ~ sS ~
hatching of which they watch ana alterWaro
care for the young as tenderly as do the others
Another species pack their eggs III d SUI "a
nouch as the skates do. This envelope contains
All the nOurishmcnt necessary 10 the "eilpens
NJ the voune until they are able to provide Tor
themselves. but the parent has no lurlhcl con-
with them 49, .horh
AS instances of the intelligence Oh tie Sldi
many we'll authenticated stories might be etoid do
enace hermit but two must suffice. While lying
in the harbor OF Tamatave every ueVlGe We
couId conceive was put in practice in order 70
ga tch some of the sharks with Whlch thoSe
waters abounded but none were successful lor
thew carefully avoided all bait attached TO INES
strong enough to hold them. And the wen
known habit of the "threSher shark (AiopeclaA
,uInes) of hunting with the killer whale tOrcA
ciadiatorC assisting these fures to destroy
vha1a and afterward amicably dividing ths
snoil with them. has been enlarged upon many
times It's absolute certainty does not ADMIT
of a doubt.