| OCR Text |
Show Ilrtw h Alarfl.li I at tl.nji-r, Tliottarfl'lili a curiou animal. Iti mouth I directly In the (enter, aud al mot Immediately uud-T It I the atom ach, while the dlgeulve organ are fti lot arm, btatfith et oynturs, but tinturl Ikta differ as to tho preclM way In which tbey devour ttem. AncUnt naturalist beltcMdtltat the starll.h waltod for a r.tomnt whan the tester oiett Its aire to introduce one of Its rjj tulo tho opening, aud having1 put one foot luto the domicile It soon put the otur four In and llnUhod up by devourius the native. Modem observations hao proved that this I not quite correct. Home naturalist Assert thut.ou outlining ou-tlining poMlon of the oyster, the star-fithbrlnt: star-fithbrlnt: hi mouth to the edge of the shell and then with tho atsUtauce of a fluid which 1U mouth secretes itforcoe on the valve and the entranco is obtained. ob-tained. Another uat until t give a different dif-ferent explanation of tho transaction, namely, that the oyster la aelndbythe atartUU aud held tight by It month; tho stnrfhdi then everts tie stomach and cnieloptlhe oyster, which forces It to 0icn lta shell. However thl may be, it liclenrthat tho statflih swallows oyster oys-ter in the same manner a huiuau bo ini. London Tit 11 ill. |
