... upon which their vast appetites were fed grew scarcer and scarcer, in spite of the fecundity of that prolific time. And in proportion as they found it more and more difficult to get a living, so did their enemies grow more numerous and bolder. Vast... Deep-sea Plunderings - Page 220by Frank Thomas Bullen - 1902 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - England - 1901 - 908 pages
...their slowness they were confined for hunting-grounds to a very limited area, the slower organisms upon which their vast appetites were fed grew scarcer...their enemies grow more numerous and bolder. Vast dragon - like shapes, clad in complete armour that clanged as the wide-spreading bat-wings bore them... | |
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