 | Meteorology - 1723 - 1336 pages
...hold of his Tail to keep him from threftiing, while others by hold of his Head, and bite and tlirem him, till the poor Creature, being thus heated, lolls out his Tongue, and then fome of the Killers catch hold of his Lips, and if poflible of his Tongue; and after they have killed... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...him like so many bull-dogs ; some will lay hold of his tail to keep him from threshing, while others lay hold of his head, and bite and thresh him, till...feed upon the tongue and head ; but when he begins to putrefy they leave him. Ambergris is found only in the spermaceti-whales, and consists of balls or... | |
 | Iosif Khristianovich Hamel, Iosif Khristïanovich Hamel - Great Britain - 1854 - 446 pages
...him like so many bulldogs ; some will lay hold of his tail, to keep him from threshing, while others lay hold of his head, and bite and thresh him, till...feed upon the tongue and head, but when he begins to putrefy they leave him." This killer is, without doubt, the orca that Dr. Franguis describes in these... | |
 | Michael P. Branch - Nature - 2004 - 444 pages
...hold of his Tail to keep him from thrashing, while others lay hold of his Head, and bite and thrash him, till the poor Creature, being thus heated, lolls...feed upon the Tongue and Head, but when he begins to putrefy, they leave him. This Killer is without doubt the Orca, that Dr. Frangius describes in his... | |
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They go in company by dozens, and set upon a young whale, and will bite him like so many bulldogs ; some will lay hold of his tail, to keep him from threshing, while others lay hold of his head, and bite and thresh him, till the poor creature, being thus... 