. Dwellers of the sea and shore . 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
. Dwellers of the sea and shore . 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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