"Steller" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... be found between the eggs of this species and the Steller Jay, and the nests of each are constructed similarly ...
— The Bird Book • Chester A. Reed
... next day, April 12, the Nautilus drew near the coast of Dutch Guiana, by the mouth of the Maroni River. There several groups of sea cows were living in family units. These were manatees, which belong to the order Sirenia, like the dugong and Steller's sea cow. Harmless and unaggressive, these fine animals were six to seven meters long and must have weighed at least 4,000 kilograms each. I told Ned Land and Conseil that farseeing nature had given these mammals a major role to play. ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne |
