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2203 ... SAND HOPPERS AND SHRIMPS.
Sand hoppers and shrimps suddenly make their appearance in vast numbers, descending through the water like a shower, and at once begin to swim and jump through the water in all directions. The vast numbers of sand hoppers and shrimps which appear from time to time off the coast, from the staple food of the sea ansemonies, sur mullet, and a large majority of the flat fish. Length 50 feet.
2204 Special ... THE SKATE.
Some huge specimens are seen starting and swimming about in their own peculiar and characteristic way. This is a very remarkable and striking film, as it shows not only the curious movements of the skate, but very fine views of the upper and under surfaces of this fish. The under surface presents a most weird appearance, the head of the fish looking like the face of a comic old man who is looking at the audience roaring with laughter, his merriment making him gasp for breath. The skate frequently reaches very great size, specimens by 6ft. long, and weighing as much as 200lbs., having not unfrequently been caught. Length 50 feet.
2205 Special ... THE ELEDON.
The'Kledon is a rare species of Octopus, occasionally met with off our Western and Northern Coasts. It is a singularly active and curious creature, and like its cousin, the large Octopus, it has the power of blushing any colour to order, so that it can change to the colour of its surroundings, no matter what tint they may take. Its arms are clothed with hundreds of suckers, by means of which it captures itr. prey. Its mouth, which is in the centre of the waving arms, has a most formidable beak, closely resembling that of a parrot, So powerful is this beak that the Eledon can crack the hard shell of crabs and lobsters. Length 50 feet.
2206 ... OUR AQUARIUM
A series of marine studies of 14 various subjects. This film will be found to meet the requirements of those who do not desire so detailed and varied a series as No. 2200.
Length 225 feet.
2207 Special ... THE GIANT LOBSTER.
A lobster of gigantic proportions arrives on the scene brandishing his arms and waving his long antenna1. He swims and marches abtut in a very comical and defiant manner. The inquisitive and much smaller kind of lobster appears upon the scene, and the giant evidently displeased by the intrusion, attacks him, driving him hither and thither.
Length 75 feet.
2208 Special ... THE OCTOPUS.
The Octopus is one of the dragons of the deep. We see him at home amongst his natural surroundings of rooks and sunken wreckage. During the hours of daylight he remains quietly tucked away in a cave, looking out for stray victims that may pass near his haunts, but as night draws on he comes forth and swims backwards with powerful strokes through the water looking for his evening meal. Armed with a great circle of waving sucker-pad limbs, and cruel, powerful jaws, shaped like a gigantic parrots beak, he is indeed a formidable and evil-looking creature. Length 75 feet.