Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 More Friends in Armor 241 suit its taste. Whenever It leaves Its burrow—and it seldom wanders from it more than a few feet—it can be seen picking about in the sand and silt, carrying the all but invisible motes of matter to Its mouth. Some of this matter is sand; mixed with it are the food particles that It seeks. For this burrowing animal, In learning FIDDLER CRABS. THE MALE, WHO IS READILY DISTINGUISHED BY HIS LARGE CLAW, IS TOWARD THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE SITTING IN THE OVENLIKE ENTRANCE TO HIS BURROW. THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL
Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 More Friends in Armor 241 suit its taste. Whenever It leaves Its burrow—and it seldom wanders from it more than a few feet—it can be seen picking about in the sand and silt, carrying the all but invisible motes of matter to Its mouth. Some of this matter is sand; mixed with it are the food particles that It seeks. For this burrowing animal, In learning FIDDLER CRABS. THE MALE, WHO IS READILY DISTINGUISHED BY HIS LARGE CLAW, IS TOWARD THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE SITTING IN THE OVENLIKE ENTRANCE TO HIS BURROW. THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL IS THE FEMALE. PELLETS OF EXCAVATED SAND CAN BE SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND. to live on land has learned the same lessons as the earthworm: In the absence of more available products, it eats the soil to live. The burrow of our fiddler Qrab can readily be dis- tinguished from those of other species by the archway,- or ovenlike mound, over the mouth. Many of these ovens will be found within the space of a single yard.
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