Curious Creatures 



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Little is known of the habits of the males, except 

 that during the breeding season, about the first week 

 in July, they swarm the waters in enormous numbers 



JAWS OF THE SAND WORM. 



after sundown. They are a little more than two inches 

 in length, and the posterior part of their body is 

 bright red and peculiarly modified. They appear to 

 be short-lived, for at the close of the swarming period 

 they are found dead in hundreds, and are not seen 

 again for another year. 



