88 Life Beneath the Waves. 



sand. This they do very quickly by raising 

 up a cloud of sand with their feet, which, 

 falling on them, helps to conceal their 

 whereabouts. Even when not completely 

 covered with sand, it is sometimes rather 

 a difficult matter to find the shrimp, 

 owing to the similitude which exists 

 between its own tints and that of its sandy 

 resting-place. 



As before mentioned, the shrimp has not 

 a very happy or long life if placed in a 

 small tank wherein also dwell anemones or 

 crabs, for both races of creatures are always 

 on the watch to catch and demolish the 

 poor little sand-raiser, and, when darting 

 hurriedly away from the outstretched claws 

 of the one enemy, the shrimp is but too 

 often caught in the outspread tentacles of 

 the other. As a rule, the unfortunate 

 victim makes no attempt at escape when in 



