. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. Five-Fingered Jack on the Oyster. 45. STAR-FISH OPENING AN OYSTER. inwardness of the proceeding. Tlie oyster is seized between the arms of the Star-fish and held under its mouth by the aid of its suckers. Thus secured, the Asterias, or Star-fish, everts its stomach, and envelops the whole oyster in its in- terior recesses, distilling a poisonous fluid, a secretion from its mouth
. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. Five-Fingered Jack on the Oyster. 45. STAR-FISH OPENING AN OYSTER. inwardness of the proceeding. Tlie oyster is seized between the arms of the Star-fish and held under its mouth by the aid of its suckers. Thus secured, the Asterias, or Star-fish, everts its stomach, and envelops the whole oyster in its in- terior recesses, distilling a poisonous fluid, a secretion from its mouth, which causes the oyster to open its shell, when the robber, as it were, crawls in and takes its dessert. In- credible numbers of oysters are destroyed by Star-fishes, but the oystermen fail to see that their own barbaric ignor- ance is largely to blame. Star-fishes drawn up in nets, rakes and dredges in immense quantities are tied into bundles, but the cords are made so tight that the pile is cut in twain, the result being that all the pieces, when afterwards thrown over- board, become new and perfect Star-fishes. Not often has one the pleasure of meeting with these ani- mals on the New Jersey coast, but yet they are occasionally seen, more frequently, perhaps, in the North. Asterias bery- linus, the commoner form, is a fairly large species, of a more or less greenish color, sometimes waning to brown, and roughly covered with tubercles. Its five arms, at the ex- tremity of each of which is situated a single red-eye 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 Gentry, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1843-1905. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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