American Fork Citizen | 1922-06-24 | Page 2 | Ferocious Denizen of Sea

T' ' ' ' ' .in - FEROCIOUS DENIZEN OF SEA California Spotted Moray Is a Capture Which No Fisherman Is Anx- loui to Make. The California spotted moray, or "sea eel" us It la popularly called, i Is credited with liulug the most fe-roclous fe-roclous timrliiO anlnml In existence. The coiiiinoiily olmerved. specimens aro ultbut three or four feet long; and about the size of a tuun'ri wrist. Their mouths nro provided with needle-like teeth, nnd their Juws ure so strong that cutting off the unlinnl's hend docs nut huve'thu sllKhtest effect In releasing' Its hold. Itcleiuio tun onl' bo achieved by cUttlnR the head to pieces so that the Jaws cannot hold lotfether. Stoiios ure told of fishermen being be-ing driven from their boats vthcnxii largo specimen got loose after being hauled up, and these btorlcs may easily eas-ily be credited, eoiiKliIerlng the disposition dispo-sition of the small onus which nro common com-mon to the California cmtsj. Some" ot those found In thy ijoeper water rench u length of nix Or eight feet, nnd n weight of 1(H) pounds. Tho unlmal can actually tie Itself In a knot, nnd mnkes use, of Its extraordinary slnu 'o.slty for holding objects which It Is eating, and for twisting and colllna ' nround roclis.