The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 204
little higher up, two barnacles are grownfast to the stem, with their arms spread out intiie water. You can see them better in the twoseparate pictures, one of which shows the bar-nacle from the side and the other from in front.What does he do with the long, hairy arms? Ifwe watch him for a few… … SIDE VIEW. FRONT VIEW.BARNACLES. ing movement in the water, after which they areagain withdrawn. So the barnacle goes on, con-tinually grasping in the water, and, of course,you have guessed what he is doing. Yes, he isfishing—he is trying to make a meal of themicroscopic creatures which are…
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