Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 409
he hills. Crabs exhibit some of the marvelous waysin which nature has protected animals by color-ing and ornamentation. The backs of some ofour commonest ones have a delicate tracery,like seaweed, covering the carapace or shell.It has the shades of the living algae—light pink,red, brown, etc. The… … THE FIDDI.ER-CRAU. often flourishes on the spiders shell, protectinghim effectually from enemies. Doctor Graeffe, who has spent a great deal oftime in studying the crabs, tells about a speci-men of Maia verrucosa which he kept. He re-moved all the vegetation from its back, thenput it in a dish with…
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