Identifier: fourfeetwingsfin00mask (find matches)
Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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can findone that will exactly fit. Sometimes, two fight overthe same shell, the strongest one coming off victo-rious, when he crows over the weaker one by parad-ing back and forth on the shore right before hiseyes. Sometimes, a parasite attaches itself to theshell, the hermit-crab has appropriated to itself.This parasite is a sort of a sea-sunflower, so-calledbecause it resembles this flower, though it is morecommonly known as the sea-anemone, a family ofPolyps, The hermit-crab makes many efforts toget clear of his burden, but when he finds it impos-sible he gives up and patiently bears his queer-looking load. But talking of the hermit-crab andhis parasite, makes me think of the spider-crab.He is a little sea-animal, looking some like a spider,but much more like a little crab with eight legs,pincers and pop eyes. He plants tiny trees on hisown back. He first covers his body with a mucilagefrom his own mouth, then sticks sea-weeds andmarine plants on his back where they grow into a 476
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Hermit Ck4b and Parasite. CATCHING LOBSTERS. thick swamp of little trees. Imagine a tiny forestof trees moving along the sea-bed ! An I niver heard the loikes of that, mum!exclaimed Pat, taking off his cap and scratching hishead so funnily that the children burst out laughing. Tell us something more about some more queerfellows, whispered May in her cousins ear, with asidelong glance over at Pat. Grace understood that the children relished Patsquaint expressions, and so went on: I will tell you about some of the Cephalopods.They are a class of molluscous animals, with eightlong crooked legs projecting out from around theirheads. The cuttle-fish is the most remarkable ofall the Cephalopods. Besides their eight legs theyhave two feelers much longer than their arms orlegs. All these arms and feelers are set with strongcircular cups or suckers. The eight-armed cuttle-fish, in hot climates, is, sometimes, twelve feet acrossits center, and each one of its arms measuringbetween forty and fif

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