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| 16 | 261 | A shark, for View more quotes about example">example, can respond to the thrashing of an injured fish better than two hundred yards away. |
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| 16 | 258 | "All animal life withdraws from strong stimuli, perhaps because such stimuli, surprising and unexplained, are often associated with the presence of a danger, such as a predator. |
| 16 | 259 | The most common way of doing this is to create noise, say, the striking together of chains of pots and pans dangled under the water". |
| 16 | 260 | Sound, of course, is amplified under water. |
| 16 | 261 | A shark, for example, can respond to the thrashing of an injured fish better than two hundred yards away. |
| 16 | 262 | "This stimulus is disfavored by the island, and it moves away from the sound. |
| 16 | 263 | In this way it may be guided in any direction". |
| 16 | 264 | "How do men determine the course?" I asked. |