| Show Imm unous sm sea crab one of the marine curiosities recently fished from the bottom of the indian ocean by a dredging vessel in the employ of the calcutta society of natural history was a mammoth sea crab which continually emitted a bright white light similar to that a apen en in the spasmodic flashes of phosphorescent luminosity kindled by our common fireflies the oddity was captured in daytime and placed in a large tank nothing peculiar except its immense size being noticeable in the broad glare of the tropical sun at night however when all was in pitchy darkness the crab surprised the naturalists natura lists by lighting up the tank so that all the other sea creatures tures q great and small occupying the same tank could be plainly seen when the luminous crustacean was prodded with a pole he emitted flashes of light which enabled the experimenters experimenter to read small print even though otherwise they were in total darkness st louis republic |
