THE SNAKE-LOCKED ANEMONE 127 



like arms, which really rather remind one of 

 little white snakes. And when they are spread 

 these long arms are hardly ever still, but are 

 always waving about in the water. 



When the snake-locked anemone closes up, 

 however, you would never know it for the same 

 creature, for it not only draws its long tentacles 

 back into its body and tucks them away out 

 of sight, but contracts the body itself until it is 

 almost flat. Unless you looked very carefully 

 at the rock to which it was clinging you would 

 never notice it at all. 



This anemone is not a very common one, and 

 is chiefly found on the rocky coasts of Devonshire 

 and Cornwall. In colour it is almost white. 



