Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 60 | The View more quotes about tiny">tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from the water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 57 | "There!" said one of the men. |
| 16 | 58 | Lelts are often attracted to the salt rafts, largely by the vibrations in the water, picked up by their abnormally developed lateral-line protrusions, and their fernlike cranial vibration receptors, from the cones and poles. |
| 16 | 59 | Too, though they are blind, I think either the light, or the heat, perhaps, from our lamps, draws them. |
| 16 | 60 | The tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from the water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps. |
| 16 | 61 | The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length. |
| 16 | 62 | It is white, and long-finned. |
| 16 | 63 | It swims slowly and smoothly, its fins moving the water very little, which apparently contributes to its own concealment in a blind environment and makes it easier to detect the vibrations of its prey, any of several varieties of tiny segmented creatures, predominantly isopods. |
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"There!" said one of the men.
Lelts are often attracted to the salt rafts, largely by the vibrations in the water, picked up by their abnormally developed lateral-line protrusions, and their fernlike cranial vibration receptors, from the cones and poles.
Too, though they are blind, I think either the light, or the heat, perhaps, from our lamps, draws them.
The tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from the water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps.
The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length.
It is white, and long-finned.
It swims slowly and smoothly, its fins moving the water very little, which apparently contributes to its own concealment in a blind environment and makes it easier to detect the vibrations of its prey, any of several varieties of tiny segmented creatures, predominantly isopods.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)