. Animals of land and sea. Zoology; Insects; Zoology. i8o ANIMALS OF LAND AND SEA terribly destructive, moving back and forth across the mussel beds in swarms and up and down the piles where mussels grow. We have no figures on the damage done the mussels, but in 1888 on the Con- necticut coast alone this star-fish destroyed $631,- 500 worth of oysters, after not less than 42,- oco bushels of them had been taken from the beds. Mussels are pre- ferred to oysters by the star-fish, and some beds have been entirely destroyed by them. Va- rious gastropods, oyster- drills, dog-whelks, win- kles, conc
. Animals of land and sea. Zoology; Insects; Zoology. i8o ANIMALS OF LAND AND SEA terribly destructive, moving back and forth across the mussel beds in swarms and up and down the piles where mussels grow. We have no figures on the damage done the mussels, but in 1888 on the Con- necticut coast alone this star-fish destroyed $631,- 500 worth of oysters, after not less than 42,- oco bushels of them had been taken from the beds. Mussels are pre- ferred to oysters by the star-fish, and some beds have been entirely destroyed by them. Va- rious gastropods, oyster- drills, dog-whelks, win- kles, conchs and others eat vast quantities, while killifish, cunners, scup, tautog, sque- teague, flounders and cod are very fond of them. In fact, mussels are excellent bait for fish. The walrus in the Greenland seas feeds exclusively on mussels, though the seals, like dolphins, feed on fish and squid. On our coasts mussels are eaten by rats and musk rats, and by such birds as large gulls, ravens, crows and ducks. Within the shells of oysters, pinnas, and the other larger bi- valves live flat-worms, known as "wafers," little crabs, small. Figs. 533-534. The supposed transformation of a Goose-barnacle into a Barnacle Goose. For explanations of the figures see p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clark, Austin Hobart, b. 1880. New York, D. Van Nostrand company
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