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Show M Flying Fish. W Flying fish are very voracious. In I tliolr turn they are preyed upon by barrncudas, hIiimVs, dolphins, bill-fish. M red-fish and a hundred and one othorx. M Nature has colored the flying fish tiro-la tiro-la feetlvelv. The back Is n deep blue, M morfilng Into the blue of the seas they H frequent, i?o that thev are Invisible a few feet below the surface, whllo the m - underneath Is a dazzling white, and to j a fish that looks upward nmt merge n Into tho light falling on the sea. In I addition they possess the unique pow- ur of flight. Flying fish are about sov-un sov-un Inches long nnd the spread of wings Is about equal to their length. Tho "wing" Is of thin, gauzy substance, having stiffening sinews, like tho fiber of a leaf, to strengthen It. |