Prankster
of the Sea -- Jack Denton
Scott
1.
How do
porpoises fight shark?
Ans: Porpoises generally fight shark collectively.
They surround the shark in the water. They continue their attack one by one
like a torpedo, punching behind the gills and the stomach. Finally the shark
dies and sinks into the water
2.
“There have
many stories ………….. Lives” Describes one of the stories about saving
human life.
Ans: Once a woman was walking through waist deep water off
the Florida Coast. Then a under-tow pulled her down. But she felt something
that saved her on to the beach. But when she got up, she saw a porpoise leaping
about. A man standing nearby said that the porpoise had saved her ashore.
Marine scientists point out that the porpoise’s spirit of play is responsible
for such incident.
3.
What
evidence is there that porpoises were known as friendly creatures in Roman time?
Ans: The
ancients called the porpoise a dolphin and knew it as friendly. Plutarch wrote
that the porpoise loved man for its own sake. Pliny the Elder wrote about the
porpoise that it took a boy for a ride at Hippo. The Roman coins bear the
imprint of dolphin. These are the evidence that prove the porpoises were known
as friendly creatures in Roman time.
4.
Where does
porpoise’s voice come from? OR. What is the source of porpoise’s voice?
Ans: The
porpoise has a single nostril. It is crescent-shaped blowhole stop in his head.
It closes when it touches water. The porpoise breathes its nostril. The
porpoise can vibrate it like a human lip. This is the source of porpoise’s
voice.
5. What do you know about the assistant mother?
Ans: A female
porpoise is the assistant mother. She takes care of an expectant mother during
her pregnancy and for several weeks after the birth. She helps the mother
porpoise bring up the baby and protect it from sharks. When a baby porpoise
attacked by a shark the mother and the assistant mother make a whistle sound
for help and many porpoise come up. They surround the shark and begin to attack
till his death.
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Why we call propoise 'the prankster of the sea'
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