. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. The Dancing Scallops. 48 THE OCEAN. Decorating Crab, or Ska-Spider. HOUSE-BUILDERS OF THE SEA. 49 The Sea-Spider, or Decorating Crab {Libinia canalicu-lata).—Of all the crab tribe, this is surely tlie most fantasticlittle fellow, and ought to be considered the missing link which unites the animal creation to the human, for he hascertainly one of the first instincts of civilization, namely,that of attempting to cover himself with extraneous andornamental garments. He is the dandy of the sea. Bits ofsea-weed are his great reliance, but small objects
. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. The Dancing Scallops. 48 THE OCEAN. Decorating Crab, or Ska-Spider. HOUSE-BUILDERS OF THE SEA. 49 The Sea-Spider, or Decorating Crab {Libinia canalicu-lata).—Of all the crab tribe, this is surely tlie most fantasticlittle fellow, and ought to be considered the missing link which unites the animal creation to the human, for he hascertainly one of the first instincts of civilization, namely,that of attempting to cover himself with extraneous andornamental garments. He is the dandy of the sea. Bits ofsea-weed are his great reliance, but small objects of almostany kind he will appropriate, even to pieces of stone or of mine showed considerable taste and an idea of style,preferring always the most gaudy colors which he could findin the. tank. These animals will spend hours every day attheir toilet, appropriating with their hand-like claws bits ofsea-weed, Sertularia, sponge, or Tvbularia. One will per-haps place a bit on the tip of his nose, or suspend from it along, ribbon-like strip of red or green algse, or aff
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