Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 94 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore a broken bottle neck and, more than once, in a remnant of a crushed shell which being little more than a girdle left his hind body as exposed as his head. Needless to say, his investiture with these heterogeneous materials reduces his capacity for defense, and exposes him to perils ordinarily improbable were he to provide himself with a more efficient form of protection. Could there be a more utter want in the display of intelligence? Oh, HERMIT CRAB IN A BROKEN SHELL. THE DISINTEGRATING SHELL
Dwellers of the sea and shore dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 94 Dwellers of the Sea and Shore a broken bottle neck and, more than once, in a remnant of a crushed shell which being little more than a girdle left his hind body as exposed as his head. Needless to say, his investiture with these heterogeneous materials reduces his capacity for defense, and exposes him to perils ordinarily improbable were he to provide himself with a more efficient form of protection. Could there be a more utter want in the display of intelligence? Oh, HERMIT CRAB IN A BROKEN SHELL. THE DISINTEGRATING SHELLS THEY SOME- TIMES USE LEAVE PORTIONS OF THEIR BODIES EXPOSED TO THE ATTACK OF ENEMIES. for only a ray of reason ! The faintest gleam would advance his welfare more in one brief moment than for him perpetually to grope in the darkness of aborted Instinct. Let us return to our wanderer. Having ensconced himself in his recently acquired shell, he now leaves the scene of the transfer in considerable haste. The truth is, his movements betray an unwonted agitation. His antennic jerk spasmodically, and his nimble crawl ac-
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