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Show PARROT FISH ODD CREATURE Mutt Have Been Devised When Moth. er Nature Was In Unusually Freakish Mood. If somo ono nsked' you, "What Is that which has a beak like that of a purrot nud cheek pouches like thoso of n monkey, lives In tlie sen nnd chews tho cud like a cow?" you might lmneino It was some kind of catch' riddle. rid-dle. Yet there Is a creature which an-Bwers an-Bwers this description perfectly. It is called tho parrot flsh., The upper and lower Jaws havo be-como be-como hurdened Into a sharp, curved beak, which Is Just tho tool required for lopping off lumps of tough weed. Each piece snipped off by tho beak Is passed Into one of tho two curious pouches which adorn the cheeks, and thero It remains until tho parrot flsh feels that ho has collected enough to make a good meal. Ho then lies on tho bottom nnd chews tho cud by means of tho splendid set of teeth which nnture has placed, not In his InouUi, bat In his thront. Exchange. |