The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 117
R GROWS A lobster lays thousands of eggs, most of whichhatch, but few ever live to grow up. This is notthe fault of the mother, for she carries themabout with her for nearly a year, and with ad-mirable instinct guards them as she does herown life. When the young are set free, her dutyis done, for… … A CLUSTER OFLOBSTER EGGS. ward the light—to the surface, where, from oneto two months, if fortune favors them, they leada free, roving life. The open sea is a poor nur-sery for such weaklings, which become the sportof every storm and the prey of number-less hungry mouths. Out of a broodof ten…
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