"There is just one other thought, Norah," Fred continued. "All fishes come from eggs. Next time you get a herring, open it and take out the roe. If it is a hard roe, you will see that it consists of an immense number of little grains or balls. Each of these is a tiny egg, and would have become a fish.
"I daresay you are thinking, "What an immense number of eggs from one single fish!" So it is, but let me tell you that these eggs, after the spawning, are the favorite food of many water animals.
"Even the young fishes that come from the spawnof one kind feed on the eggs laid by others. Then, too, these same young fry, as the little baby fishes are called, form the chief food of all others that are large enough to prey upon them."SUMMARY
The fish has small, sharp teeth, pointing backward, but no cutting, or grinding teeth. They devour other ?sh, and swallow their prey whole. Fishes lay eggs in immense numbers. The roe of the ?sh contains the eggs. The young fry that come from these eggs form the food of other ?shes.
Lesson 40
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