[Journals], 1908-1912
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I take a fresh inspiration. This air-sat- urated water was poured at a high temperature, which when it strikes the cool outer atmosphere condenses at once forming a column of steam or spray. This is seen to a constantly height+ Thus has another the animal actually spouts water from its blowhole or nostrile. these water would air breathing animals live in the cold water ice-filled water of the Arctic ocean? Nature has protected for them wisely by covering their skin with a thick layer of fat or 'blubber' which acting as a non-conducting layer, prevents the the absorption of the ocean's animal heat by the water. On the right whales while live at the edges the ice this blubber is very thick while in the seas which frequent warmer waters the blub- better corresponds sufficiently thinner. The whales of the world are sorted into two great valuable groups viz, those having teeth those without teeth. The toothed whales (Plat} of that 1st group of which the sperm whale is an example have long been hunted for the oil & valuable sperm