Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 8 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore easily be told apart. Other creatures have a body resemblance to the shape and color of the leaves. At the roots, in the mud, other small animals are abun- dant. The pools and channels of mud flats contain numerous varieties of mud crabs; if one is discerning he will often be able to find in such places sluggish types like the spider crab, which hides under decaying weeds or covers itself with vegetation, and the mud COLONY OF BARNACLES LIVING ON A ROCK. crab, with a load of silt and debris tan
Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 8 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore easily be told apart. Other creatures have a body resemblance to the shape and color of the leaves. At the roots, in the mud, other small animals are abun- dant. The pools and channels of mud flats contain numerous varieties of mud crabs; if one is discerning he will often be able to find in such places sluggish types like the spider crab, which hides under decaying weeds or covers itself with vegetation, and the mud COLONY OF BARNACLES LIVING ON A ROCK. crab, with a load of silt and debris tangled w^ith the bristles on its back. Beauty is also present. Attached to the submerged plants are silky sprays of the wonder- ful hydroids, but a good glass is required to reveal the delicate and exquisite structure of their plantlike bodies. Indeed, there is no end to the charming revelations one can make with a glass, and this holds equally true for the waters of every character of shore. Rocky shores with their clefts and crannies and
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