The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography |
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Page 59
... covering to accommodate its growth . The newly ex- posed shell is soft ; in a day or so it be- comes completely hardened . It is during this molting period that the crab is said to be in the " soft - shelled stage . " The Rock Crab is a ...
... covering to accommodate its growth . The newly ex- posed shell is soft ; in a day or so it be- comes completely hardened . It is during this molting period that the crab is said to be in the " soft - shelled stage . " The Rock Crab is a ...
Page 62
... covered at every tide , but nevertheless the animal lives in a large bubble of air he has trapped in his burrow by ... covering that is at once its gar- ment and its home ( see Color Plate VIII ) . THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF ONE OF THE MOST ...
... covered at every tide , but nevertheless the animal lives in a large bubble of air he has trapped in his burrow by ... covering that is at once its gar- ment and its home ( see Color Plate VIII ) . THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF ONE OF THE MOST ...
Page 70
... covering . This shell is at once a garment and a home . It is , however , an abode which is always carried on the crab's travels . In the mating season they often travel together in pairs , the male sometimes with his great claw ...
... covering . This shell is at once a garment and a home . It is , however , an abode which is always carried on the crab's travels . In the mating season they often travel together in pairs , the male sometimes with his great claw ...
Page 71
... Covering the abdomen are the gills , flat structures superficially resembling the leaves of a book . THE ONLY CREATURE THAT CHEWS ITS FOOD WITH ITS LEGS And here is an extraordinary feature which cannot fail to impress the most casual ...
... Covering the abdomen are the gills , flat structures superficially resembling the leaves of a book . THE ONLY CREATURE THAT CHEWS ITS FOOD WITH ITS LEGS And here is an extraordinary feature which cannot fail to impress the most casual ...
Page 73
... covered wagons , and pioneer farmers fighting their hard way to free lands ; Custer facing the Sioux that fatal day on the Little Horn ; Buffalo Bill shooting meat for railroad builders - the ancient river saw them all come to impose ...
... covered wagons , and pioneer farmers fighting their hard way to free lands ; Custer facing the Sioux that fatal day on the Little Horn ; Buffalo Bill shooting meat for railroad builders - the ancient river saw them all come to impose ...
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