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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEOFORD. OREGON
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(R.gilt.r and Tribune
Syndicate, 1963)
14 N. CENTRAL
215 E. MAIN
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No Voice-, But Molluikt
Ha Hiclcuw in Mouth
Those lowly creatures, of
which there are thousands of
species and millions of indi
viduals, equipped with
"lingual ribbon" have no
voice. That so-called "lingual
ribbon," however, is about
the most essential part of
their anatomy.
The creatures are the mol
luski and the "lingual rib
bon" is their tongue, scien
tifically known as a "radula."
It is an organ with which
they secure their food, rasp
it to pieces and even bore a
hole in the stone-like shell of
another moliusk.
The word, "radula," is de
rived from the Latin and
means "scraper." That is ex
actly what the tongue of the
mol lusk accomplishes; it
scrapes vegetable matter from
rocks if its owner is a veg
etable - eating moliusk, or
rasps flesh to pieces if t h e
moliusk is a flesh eater.
The radula is drawn back
wards and forwards over the
surface on which it is work
ing, and the sharp too-like
processes, arranged crossways
on the surface, rasp, tear and
file the material. Some spe
cies use the radula to bore
holes, constantly rasping the
sharp barbs of the radula un
til an opening is made through
which the tongue is intruded
and the body juices of the
victim are sucked out.
Those inollusks that feed
on vegetable matter have
many more teeth - like pro
jections on the tongue than
do those that feed on flesh.
With the vegetable eaters, the
word scraper for tongue be
comes more descriptive, for,
like the action of a putty knife
on a flaking painted surface,
the tongue scrapes the algae
from the rock or-any other
object on which this plant
life is growing.
The "wear and tear" on the
tooth processes is terrific.
Scraping low - growing veget
able matter from a rough
stone wears teeth down pretty
rapidly, dulls them and
would make further feeding
difiicult and useless were 11
not for the fact nature fore
saw this condition. New teeth
grow in, as rapidly and as
i often as needed. The com
mon garden snail, whose
tongue is generously equip
ped with thousands of rasp
like teeth, can grow new
teeth at a remarkably rapid
rate.
Too, like any well behaved
tongue should, the radula of
the moliusk must be con
scious to taste, as the animal
will not feed on any materi
al with which it is unfamil
iar, or that has a flavor for
eign to Its appetite. The
tongue of this lowly creature
must also have a fine sense of
feel, as the flesh eating mol
iusk never wastes its time
trying to rasp a hole in a
shell from which the original
owner has departed.
It's a peculiar analogy to
liken the tongue of the low
ly moliusk with the tongue of
the so-called "king of beasts,"
the lion, but the tongues in
Grange News
Greenhorn Grange
Visitors at the Greenhorn
Grange meeting recently in
cluded the California Grange
news representative, J 1 m
Kelly, and his wife from Red
ding, Alvin Lewis, Pomona
Grange master; Helen Lewis,
of the Scott Valley Grange;
and Frank Bear, executive
committeeman, and his wife,
of Hornbrook Grange.
Kelly was present at the
meeting to give information
and answer questions on "But-
tcr," the booster barrel.
The Grange heard Tahlr
Aksoy, American Field Serv
ice exchange student from
Turkey, and Jess Grisham.
Siskiyou county agricultural
commissioner, March 23.
A short entertainment fol
lowed the business session
which included accordion so
los and readings and commu
nity singing with Mrs. John
Cawlcy accompanying at the
piano.
Refreshments were served
by Miss Zclma Walter, chair
man, assisted by Ernest Wal
ter and Mr. and Mrs. Webster
Fiock.
Eugene Woman Gets
Seven Years in Prison
Eugene -njpti- Circuit Judge
William Fort Monday sen
tenced M rs. Shirley Mae
Huckins, 22, Eugene, to seven
years in prison for kidnaping.
Mrs. Huckins was convicted
by a Circuit Court Jury here
last month for her part in the
abduction of a Cottage Grove
policeman, his wife and a
passerby last Dec. 2D.
BOXING RULES URGED
Salem - UIPli - Boxing should
be allowed to continue only
if prolcctivc headgear is
adopted and changes arc made
in gloves, according to Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
both these creatures are very
similar; both are raspy and ca
pable of a filing action.
In some mollusks, the rad
ula is twice as long as the
body of its owner, and as es
sential as its protective shell.
A peculiar creature, a mol
iusk. It carries in its "mouth,"
or more correctly its, body
mantle, a file; a fleshy organ
called a "lingual ribbon" with
teeth that can cut like a
hacksaw.
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