The Walrus
Anon
Genre: | Miscellaneous |
Subjects: | Natural History, Design |
'The hind feet of this enormous animal are constructed, like the feet of the fly and other animals that work against gravity, upon a mechanism that resembles cupping glasses, to enable it to adhere to the slippery rocks which it is obliged to climb' (246). | |
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