Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-05 | Page 6 | This Curious World

I THIS CURIOUS WORLD i fM rN A PERSON Ill s 80 SO I YEARS APS OLD oU II tv HAS TRAVELED ABOUT l p MIL MILES IN I zi THROUGH INCH T TEL L I Ir Or r THE ni MOUNT WILSON L NEAR PASADENA CALIF ONE COULD SEE A CANDLE ATA DISTANCE or MILES t SMALL BIVALVE BP MX BORING MOD MOLLUSC ws CAUSED DAMAGE IN N SAN SAM FRANCISCO SAY BA IN 5 X S YEARS TIME 1914 1 BY krA W Ute 5 1 5 Shipworms have been known and feared since the da days s 's of the ancient Greeks They wrought havoc with the wooden ships of olden times and by eating the dykes of Holland threatened threatened threat threat- ened the very very existence of that coun coun- try The shipworm also called caned Te Te- Te redo is not a worm however It isa is isa a mollusc and the shell valves in in- f. f stead of covering the entire acas anas ac ani anias as in a typical bivalve cover the extreme front end It is by n m of these sharp shells that the ar an bores Its way through wood swa swat ing the sawdust as it goes goes Next What Insects hold I h h. h while courting