FIGHTING CRABS.
The most savage specimen of tin crab species is found in Japan. The minute he spies another oi his kind he scrapes his claws together in a rage, challenging him to combat. Not a moment is wasted in preliminaries but at it they go hammer and tongs. It sounds like two rocks grinding against one another. The sand flies as the warriors push each other hither and thither, until at length one cf them stretches himself out, tired to death, still feebly rubbing his claws together in defiance of the foe. Tliat foe comes closer, catches hold of one claw of the vanquished crab, twists It until it comes off. and hears away thejimb as trophy of his fc>ower3.
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 647, 5 July 1921, Page 9
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121FIGHTING CRABS. Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 647, 5 July 1921, Page 9
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