MTCDFOTID MAIL TRIBUNE, M"EDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1931
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
Wife Hrhl PrlMiner
"The female Hermit ciab. which Is
only about one-Mix th the sire of the
male, usually rides on top of hi
shell, firmly held by his claw to pre-:
vent another male from stealing her i
"A large cousin of the Ht-rmlt crab !
ts the Coconut or Robber crab, which
lives on inlands of the Pacific aim !
Indian oceans. These crah do not
wear a protecting shell, but are si
powerful that specimens confined in
biscuit tins have punched ho Ira in i
the tin. At night they emerge- from
their underground burrows lined with:
eoconnut husks to feed on the pulp
Of cocoa nuts. They are said to o'j-
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