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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1934)
MTCDFOTID MAIL TRIBUNE, M"EDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1931 E Efforts Futile to Prevent Mi gration of Strange In- truders Fish Wets Dam aged, Dams Obstructed tain the pulp by hammering a, bole In one end of the nut. Borne ob servers state that the crabs climb lofty palm to procure the nuts," GUNS Repaired and Cleaned Ex pert work. Med ford Cycle 33 N. fir Golfers Pick Rleht Trees CONNEAUT, O, (UP) four Con neaut golfers know how to pick their trees. When Postmaster Howard B. Ktirtz, Allen Cur tins. Roy Mygstt and William Brown ran to cover In a rain storm they happened to choose two trees both less than 30 ysrds from one which lightning ripped. They were uninjured. , I Sleeping Sirknens Takes Four TOLEDO, O. (UP) Bleeping sick ness has claimed Ha fourth fatality of the year In Toledo wtth the death of Mrs. Dorothy Wastfe.Il. 33, In the county hospital. t Hplder In Bar COULEE DAM, Wash. (UP) Dr. Walter Reiner of the Western Clinic hospital was startled when he treated a construction employe for earache. He poured a liquid into the mane ear. Out crawled a large spider. Copper Kettle Worth ISO WEST PLAIN&. Mo. (UP) Thieves who stole a copper kettle belonglrtg to Miss Kate Lewis sold It to a Junk dealer for 14 cents not knowing It was a 250-year-old antique valued e-t 150. Miss Lewis paid back the Junk man and now has the kettle safely hidden. rinra ior nmiug iufri aldaii i . vie. i ur ta r currso.i was fined 25 for killing two turkeys. Police said the turkeys didn't belong to him. Use Mali rrlbune want ads WASHINGTON, D. 0. (Spl.) One of the strangest of obstacle races re cently took place In Great Britain. Millions of Chinese mitten crabs from surrounding waters Invaded the country, following streams as far aa 400 miles Inland. Efforts proved fu tile to halt the Invasion of the crab army which bit Its way through fish ermen's nets and crawled on land around obstructing dams. Banks rid dled with burrows, and damaged nets and weirs formed only part of the havoc caused by these Intruders, which, It Is reported, carry parasites eapable of causing a lung disease among men and animals. "Such migrations of crabs are not uncommon," saya a bulletin from the Washington, D. C, headquarters of tho National Geographic Society. "Land crabs In the tropica usually live far from the sea, but return to it every year to spawn. Crabs Useful As Scavengers "Each May swarms of crabs Inhab iting West Indian hills rattle down over rocks to the sea, their move ments making a din like that of men In armor. Letting nothing Imped them, they even Invade houses whlcii block their descent. After spawning, they return to the hills, and later, thousands of young crabs are found clinging to shore rocks. ' "Although sea crabs often devour oyatera from entire beds, and In the tropics, land crabs cause serious dam age to sugar cane plantations, rice fields and gardens, they are more useful than harmful to man. Cer tain omnivorous species, acting as scavengers, help to keep our shores clean. The crab family's adopted member, the Horseshoa crab, which contains ammonia. Is used as food for livestock, and Is ground Into fer tiliser. Crnbs Practice Clever Camouflage "To escape their many enemies, crabs have developed clever methods of defense. Some go In heavily for camouflage. The mud crab smears mud on Its back or changes the color of Its shell to match the bottom. The small gray fiddler crabs scuttling warily over a beach pretty closely match wet aand; but for additional protection they dig themselves Into burrows, piling the excavated sand Into neat pellets near tho entrance Shells of some crnbs are pitted to renemble coral or gravel among which they live. Tho Gulf-wccd crab. which Columbus found clinging to seaweed flouting In the Sargasso sea. Is olive green to blend with the plant. "Crabs change their costumes at will. A Spider crab, wearing a coat of growing seaweed, when placed- in an aquarium of sponges, will care fully pick off all the seaweed aim plant In Its plcco pieces of spongy. Legs Fit Needs "The legs of crabs are often flat tened for shoveling sand, enlarged for fighting, or doveloped Into paddle for swimming. The rear two pairs ot legs of a furry, clumsy-looking crab on the Pacific coast are modified to extend over his back. This en ables him to hold over him a pro tective umbrella of apongo, mnngrove lenf, or molluek shell. "In Nsptcs, people are not surpris ed to sro small red sponces running along the shore. Crabs living within them furnish the locomatlon. Some crabs live inside coral, which has grown up around them, Imprisoning them, while others exist surrounded gy a living blanket of anemones. One resourcesful crab carries an anemone like a bouquet In each of hla twc front claws. "This ability of tho crab to resem ble, not himself, but "the other fel lows, reaches top notch In the Devil Mnnk crab, grooves In Us carapace bearing uncanny resemblance to the features cf a human face. Hide Mre Variance "Crabs vary In sire from the tiny parasitic Pea crab found In oysters to the plant Spitlt'r crab lurking In deep waters off Japan, whone sprawl ing legs are nenrly six feet long and whose weight sometimes reaches 30 pounds. "Crab vsry greatly In belligerence. The Blue crab, which appears on menus during Its molting season as 'sott-shellrd crab, is one of the most powerful and pugnacious. It burrows In the sea bottom, pouncing ltke a eat on Its prey. One species of edi ble crab, when molested, plays 'pos sum, drawing all It ten lefts under Us body, and allowing Itself to b? rolled about like an Inert ball. "The Hermit crnb. which is more closely related to crayfish and lob. aters than crabs, Is so pugnacious that la nicknamed the Soldier crab. Since Its soft hind body with out protective armor makes It eany prey for fish, the Hermit crnb wikIrci It Into a deserted spiral shell which , servps as a portable shelter. "With Just a few slender walklna legs outside, and with his large cla.v J drawn up like a shield In front of them, the Hermit crab Is well pro-1 tected. Unfortunately h grows, and about twice a year has to find a new and larger covering. Tightly clutch ing his old shell, he will try one shell after another until he finds one that flta. When no shells are avail- j able, large Hermit crabs havs been j known to wear pieces of wateriocged ! bamboo, ot even halves of cocoa mil j shells. 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