. The shell book . with their powerful pincers. The starfish, ray and octopus dogreat damage. Drills (Urosalpinx) and dog whelks (Nassa) areenemies which bore the shells with their rasping tongues andsuck out the soft parts, leaving the tough remains for the scav-enger crabs and whelks. The moon shell (Natica) and pear conch(Fulgur), are charged with similar deeds, but they are not suchoyster specialists as the well-hated and hotly pursued drills. Fish consume young oysters until the shells are hard enoughto resist their horny jaws. The drumfish and sheepshead menacethe beds about Long Island.
. The shell book . with their powerful pincers. The starfish, ray and octopus dogreat damage. Drills (Urosalpinx) and dog whelks (Nassa) areenemies which bore the shells with their rasping tongues andsuck out the soft parts, leaving the tough remains for the scav-enger crabs and whelks. The moon shell (Natica) and pear conch(Fulgur), are charged with similar deeds, but they are not suchoyster specialists as the well-hated and hotly pursued drills. Fish consume young oysters until the shells are hard enoughto resist their horny jaws. The drumfish and sheepshead menacethe beds about Long Island. Menhaden and alewife are in thissame predatory class. One of the most insidious enemies is the boring sponge whichhoneycombs the shells so that the oyster is exhausted with seal-ing up punctures with new shell deposits. Often these shellscrumble. They form stations for the attachment of sponges andhydroids, which smother the oyster, and rob it of food. The starfish begins its ravages upon oysters scarcely the 43°. Photographs by Frank Overton, THE OYSTER AND OYSTERING ON GREAT SOUTH BAY, LONG ISLAND 1 Emptying the tongs on the culling hoard. 4 Young oysters attached to a twig. 2 The oyster boat, and tongers at work. - 5 Live oysters as they come up in the tongs 3 Shapely oyster attacked by a drill. or dredges.
Size: 1351px × 1851px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidshellbook00r, bookyear1908
