﻿CERTAIN 
  CITIZENS 
  OF 
  THE 
  WARM 
  SEA 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  quantities 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  shell 
  are 
  shipped 
  

   every 
  year, 
  principally 
  to 
  Europe. 
  The 
  

   flesh 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  green 
  turtle, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  eaten 
  in 
  some 
  

   localities 
  (Color 
  Plate 
  XVI). 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  shell 
  turtles 
  are 
  taken 
  prin- 
  

   cipally 
  in 
  large 
  nets, 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   driven, 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  

   have 
  another 
  method 
  of 
  catching 
  them, 
  

   known 
  as 
  "bullying." 
  They 
  drop 
  over 
  a 
  

   sleeping 
  turtle 
  the 
  "bully," 
  an 
  iron 
  hoop 
  

   four 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  net 
  

   like 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  a 
  hat. 
  The 
  turtle 
  be- 
  

   comes 
  entangled 
  in 
  the 
  meshes 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  

   easily 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  When 
  alarmed, 
  the 
  turtle 
  will 
  hide 
  its 
  

   head, 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  ostrich 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  do, 
  

   and 
  then 
  considers 
  itself 
  quite 
  safe 
  from 
  

   observation. 
  At 
  the 
  Miami 
  Aquarium 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  turtle 
  specimens 
  has 
  found 
  a 
  

   conveniently 
  located 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  

   its 
  tank, 
  and 
  spends 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  with 
  

   its 
  head 
  thrust 
  in 
  the 
  opening, 
  its 
  body 
  

   dangling 
  outside. 
  Scores 
  of 
  times 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  season 
  visitors 
  have 
  rushed 
  to 
  

   the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  director 
  to 
  inform 
  him 
  

   that 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  prize 
  specimens 
  had 
  gotten 
  

   caught 
  in 
  a 
  crevice 
  and 
  was 
  strangling 
  to 
  

   death. 
  

  

  THE 
  CRAWFISH, 
  PRIZED 
  COUSIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   NORTHERN 
  LOBSTER 
  

  

  Crustaceans 
  play 
  no 
  mean 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   life 
  of 
  the 
  sea. 
  They 
  cover 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  

   in 
  size, 
  from 
  the 
  most 
  minute 
  of 
  creatures 
  

   to 
  the 
  great 
  Japanese 
  crab 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   Pacific, 
  whose 
  claws 
  have 
  a 
  spread 
  of 
  15 
  

   or 
  16 
  feet. 
  High 
  in 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  crustaceans 
  stands 
  the 
  crawfish, 
  

   or 
  spiny 
  lobster 
  (Panulints 
  americanus), 
  

   of 
  southern 
  salt 
  waters. 
  It 
  grows 
  as 
  

   large 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  even 
  a 
  more 
  delicate 
  flavor 
  

   than 
  its 
  northern 
  cousin. 
  This 
  species 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  crawfish, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  entirely 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  form. 
  

  

  The 
  Panulirus 
  americanus, 
  or 
  southern 
  

   lobster, 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  crustaceans 
  

   known 
  to 
  inhabit 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  the 
  Medi- 
  

   terranean 
  and 
  Caribbean 
  seas 
  and 
  is 
  

   generally 
  conceded 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  tooth- 
  

   some. 
  Reaching 
  at 
  times 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   length 
  of 
  four 
  feet, 
  the 
  crawfish 
  provides 
  

   an 
  abundance 
  of 
  food 
  material. 
  Large 
  

   numbers 
  are 
  shipped 
  every 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  

   Florida 
  markets. 
  It 
  dwells 
  among 
  the 
  

   coral 
  reefs 
  and 
  heads 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  caught 
  

  

  CATCHING 
  HIS 
  BREAKFAST 
  ON 
  THE 
  FLY 
  

  

  in 
  traps 
  baited 
  with 
  small 
  fish, 
  although 
  

   "bullying" 
  and 
  spearing 
  are 
  also 
  used 
  to 
  

   some 
  extent 
  (Color 
  Plate 
  XI). 
  

  

  The 
  crawfish 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  delicacy 
  

   from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  human 
  consump- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  is 
  relished, 
  too, 
  by 
  the 
  inhabit- 
  

   ants 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  bait 
  for 
  

   most 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Florida 
  waters. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Miami 
  Aquarium 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  staple 
  food 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  fishes. 
  Even 
  the 
  most 
  

   purely 
  herbivorous 
  fishes 
  eat, 
  and 
  appear 
  

   to 
  relish, 
  the 
  fine 
  white 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  craw- 
  

   fish. 
  

  

  Crawfish 
  are 
  easily 
  kept 
  in 
  an 
  aquarium 
  

   and 
  make 
  an 
  interesting 
  exhibit. 
  This 
  is 
  

   true 
  particularly 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  during 
  

   the 
  spawning 
  season, 
  when 
  she 
  is 
  busy, 
  

   almost 
  constantly, 
  combing 
  her 
  eggs 
  in 
  her 
  

   efforts 
  to 
  give 
  her 
  prospective 
  progeny 
  a 
  

  

  