Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 280
lls of the oyster are held together by ahinge which is opened by a spring. The springis so adjusted that the shells will be pushedopen unless they are held together by themuscles. Some scientists tell us that, afterthe starfish has held the oyster for a while, theoyster opens its shell in order to… … STARFISH ATTACKING AN OYSTER, CLASlING ITS ARMS AROUND IT, open the shell and remove the soft animal, butbesides man the oyster has few foes. Oddlyenough, his greatest foe is not, as might beexpected, an animal with powerful jaws andstrong teeth, but one wholly without jaws. Itis the common…
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