The Tortilla

The TortillaWith its tiny bobwhite's head on its graceful manta ray's body, this animal is a bob-'n'-ray. We kept one specimen on board ship for a while, but after coughing up a lot of dry humor, it gave a last, plaintive mating call--"Wa-lee-balooo!"--and died. We were sorry to see it go--it had been a good skate. However, we found it had left us two bob-'n'-ray eggs in the crow's-nest; and when they hatched, we nursed the infants on a diet of Piel's beer. We named one of them Bob and...