. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE DIOCiEXKS HERMIT-CRAn. go: liis claw into the ,' adversary's shell, crushes his miproteeted l)reast, him dying nut el' his shell, picks him to pieces and eats him. To see a Ifermit-crah ' itself M-ith a new shell is a very ludicrous sij^ht. The civiiture takes the shell among its feet, twirls it ahout with wonderful rapidity, kdanccs it .,s if lo try its woi<,dit, i)robe8 it with the loug antenna?, and perhaps throws i
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE DIOCiEXKS HERMIT-CRAn. go: liis claw into the ,' adversary's shell, crushes his miproteeted l)reast, him dying nut el' his shell, picks him to pieces and eats him. To see a Ifermit-crah ' itself M-ith a new shell is a very ludicrous sij^ht. The civiiture takes the shell among its feet, twirls it ahout with wonderful rapidity, kdanccs it .,s if lo try its woi<,dit, i)robe8 it with the loug antenna?, and perhaps throws it away. SomPtinies, however, when the preliminary investicies of turbo ; and Mr. IJennett mentions that he posses'ses an unique shell which he found on the branch of a tree, having been taken from the sea by one of these crabs. AVhile living, the Diogenes gives out a very un]deasant odour ; and as the crabs are in the habit of assembling in great numbers, the aggi'egate effect is rather overpowering. They gather together at the foot of trees or under bushes or brushwood, and even contri\e ?*# .'^Jii&f,. \m. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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