New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION
STRANGE FORMS OF MARINE IN,
A TALK BY THE PRINCE OF MONACO
HITHERTO UNKHowH-A QvErp
HABIT OF FISHES
From Nature.

Among fle sDS'ldl circumstances
! the statical and dynamcal cOniitions
deep sea. organic life presents itself und "
! poets which appear strange 70 those VII
| accustomed 10 its appearance near tho s.
| | endeavOred 70 obtain from all the levaI.u ta4
| sea as many samples Of the Species 49,
| TO them as il was possible but | had :.
other apparatus than the old trawl u..,
former scientific cruises. which can onIu
animals fixed on the bottom % the sea -!
! ing in the mud Or possessing very slow -
| 81 progressing. OF course. ! have used /, ~
| deal. because no other instrument can
| for US certain fauna: but when It occu, sns
| mo that there must be IN tn deep water.
nimble animals able to escape such net =,
trawl. first built a trap OF a special 49,
/ and very large. in order % attract thssa ~
| posed animals. when properly baited ~
The trap is lowered - the bottom r.,
steel cable. and hauled up again after b..
| been left tn - for a day or two attachsd -
buoy The handling Of this vas very d~aul
/ in the beginning. and required several vas
practice - be brought UP % positive rulas 's y
! il has given most brilliant results animals ssN
! unknown coming into M hands perfeclv 10y -!
| preserved against shocks. frictiOns and o,s1
causes II damage 70 which they would he ,,.ss
! in a trawl. one interesting fact thev 10y
shown is the enormous numbers in which 10y
animals exist in certain plac-s.
As an example. | obtained one day IN 4.
! that had been lying on the bottom AZ -
hundred fathoms depth for twenty-four n.y.
! 1gS fish called "Simenchelys paras,Ien.
which was only known by one or two ans
in a more or less imperfect state hava
ceed.d in sending these traps as low IA ~
thousand fathoms with complete su,cess y
another occasion my trap brought I'D ~
crab one u the largest eyer known "CsrJ
arinis." and there were siXty-f1ur specimsr'
IT, Curiously enough. seyera, u them M
had not yet found the entrance Of the ~
Of many hundreds u lathJms cilngny yosl
tarily 20 the outside II the trap.
Lately ! have obtained certain numb,
large animals living In thrs" intermadJ
depths AMI belonging . IT," very ntsreuJ
group - cephalopods. by examining the stoml3'
II several c"taceans who fepi upon them S.1
the discovery II this interesting fact add.d
the scientific gear II my v"ss". q complete WI
ing arrn lgemen, This new method has rr-
mo the most remarkable animals o, my Essl
collection. one especially The "LepidOsalkl
Grimaldu." can be classified in no actu]
known species genus. or "y"r family Of ~
order l. was vomi.ed IN lNl' turing the Ar
sfruggles II sperm whale. i.t had unfrJ
na,olv lost its head By the last alventurs
It's ufe The fragment - a.,ut one yard
length. AM the complete animal must I'd
measured oyer seven feet adding the arms :
get a monster ~ colossal strength.
It's most remarkable f-aflr. IS cuirav
larg" prominent scales which over Us yisr
bag 'h"S" are quite unknown with animals :
that order Tn Nlmitugs - be- same spa
whale who covered two acres - b. sea with :
b'Dol. contained another imW. ns" cephaop&
1 Cucioinuthis with arms a. strong as a mad
and carrying suckers armed with claws
powerful AZ thos" - a tiger. his animal Is n
n shed with luminous organs II l>3I angt
large c-'icean that | Vas alta. king with
whaleboa's vpmitsd a larg. fragment
hai, ,
vls,ii substance not unlike glr'nrine: 10 y
could retain y. AMI wa only ~'rprpi il BY 81
ping T. up with large .ub As H-il a. The IN
- water In which u was floating. But L a
De convenient y remind the r'tier that ~
crius divide themselves into two princig1
groups one class - which longs the ritl
Nhti" ~ other marine MANN as chased
uha'"rs. feed upon very small animals tia
they absorb simply by moving a1Ou, with the !
mouths open They have NJ 10th. but 81
y si"vr mad" y hat * called WhalebOne
Another group - which belongs the span
whale Is armed with powerful teeth. sind
ON" Weighing sometimes a much a., six pound
They ir- upon big prey mostly cephalop3
As aforesaid. Th"s. c~tac~an~ are fetocos
while ,he others have a much niiier tempo
ana soma ~ them. As 'h" Orrl Gladiator" q
b" very dangerous - attack. Two years az |
chased school ~ threa II th-s" Just on
Monaco Rock. and very soon one vas struck
ny whairr's harpopn. While ends
with violent struggles the tNo others an
a,ougsid" m" whairboat AMI seemed willing
uShi for their companion. They swan an1
and around. sometimes 50 D.l~. nat the
touched their enormous backs tl heir hi'
had - r'lrIs" a. once thar h'1t ana fr
hour ~" We're seventeen mon tai three ma
engaged in mos, grand wrestling The Tss
was tina; a second cirque MAS h..'i by 80
stroke
II We sight some wreckag' as 4 log !
barrel always ind under b. ~ near It 80
u a good size and oi different ~r'.i'S hat nc1
seem T. abandon tins Guldr that they ON
chosen. ana that takes thrm across me MlaH-I
They ar" very easily clugh, w.'h \ FISH spssy
and N" funny fish ar hooked with oa1
halted with a rough imitation u Slud. An]
sailors wrecked On The Atlantic. ari aDanaa
for days and weeks IN its apparently unlhnNJ
tied wilderness. have died ~ hunger aw0
4 most abundant and attIn1h,e Good ana ~
could have been saved had they simply n",I
It AMI possessed IN, very Simpl" gear relus
Therefore, think that all The prlncipai -
Of a ship ought 10 b. Prominently pr"l..I