Chap. 45 (29.) — The Sæpia, the Loligo, the Scallop
The loligo is also able to dart above the surface of the water, and the scallop does the same, just like an arrow as it were. In the sæpia,2519 the male is parti-coloured, blacker than the female, and more courageous. If the female is struck with a fish-spear, the male comes to her aid; but the female, the instant the male is struck, takes to flight. Both of them, as soon as ever they find themselves in danger of being caught. discharge2520 a kind of ink, which with them is in place of blood,2521 and thus darkening the water, take to flight.