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Show Curious Mediterranean Fish. A creature which lias n beak like a parrot, cheek pouches like those of a monkey, nnd rhews Its cud like a cow Inhnblts the warm waters of the Mediterranean. It browses on the weeds that flourish on tho sea floor. Its upper nnd lower Jaws have become be-come hardened Into a sharp carved beak, which Is Just the tool required for lopping off tmigh seaweed. Knch piece snipped off by the. beak la pnsstHl Into one of tho two curious pouches which adorn tho cheeks, nnd there It remains until tho parrot fish feeh that It has collected enough for n good nienl. It then chews the cud by means of tho splendid set of teeth, which nature hns placed not In Its month, but In Its throat. |