The book The Under Water World was written by author E G Edward George Boulenger Here you can read free online of The Under Water World book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Under Water World a good or bad book?
Where can I read The Under Water World for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Under Water World Online - link to read the book on full screen.
Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book -
Read Book The Under Water World
What reading level is The Under Water World book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
These are fished for in all the warmer seas where their flesh is highly esteemed. The " mother-o '-pearl " of the inside of their shells is used for various decorative purposes. The Top Shells (Trochidce and Turboni- dee) introduce a feature characteristic of many univalves. This is the " oper- culum, " a usually spherical cap of horny material often reinforced with a layer of carbonate of lime and which acts as a door. This part of the mollusc may weigh several pounds and present gorgeous colo...urings. In fact, the " cat's eye ' J brooch, so popular in Victorian days, was manufactured from the oper- cula of a species inhabiting the Indo- Pacific Ocean. The River Snails (Vivipara), abund- antly represented in the Thames, are interesting in that the young are hatched within the parent shell. The closely Molluscs 129 allied Apple Snails of tropical swamps contrive to breathe whilst buried in the mud through a long tube, the " siphon ' J seen to advantage also in the common whelk. These snails lay eggs in large clusters on weeds high above water-mark and the young, unlike those of many uni- valves, pass through no larval stage, but emerge complete replicas of their mother, provided with minute shells.
User Reviews: