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wa0 bxjniping into something that shouldn't be there. He leaped as though 
he had been Jabbed •— and mybe he was — and the stomatopod flipped out 
of tite hole and tmder the roek. And again the Jawfish didn't see him 
The fish pulled hie face into a big leer, arai peered down into the hole, 
cocking hie bead on one side so that he could see better. Couldn't see 
anything. Tried it several times, from several angles • "who's down in 
my baseiaent?" Rotiiing came out* After a bit, looking coitqpletely mystified 
and with a silly grin on his face he gingerly settled back into his hole. 
July 30 . Thursday. More work with the stomatopods and the Jawfieh. The 
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B beear^ very bold today, and since we had a nuKher of them In 
the enclosure the Jawfish had a considerable amount of trouble keeping them 
all in line. As a mtter of fact, he didn't. He was overwhelmed. While 
he was busy watching one shrimp, the big dark green one caro up from behind 
and slid into his hxsrrm — and didn't come out ag^in. For awhile the 
Jawfish looked puzzled and uncomfortable, afflicted with the Jitters. 
Then he came all the way out, turned around and peered down the hole 
he had Just vaeateid — to be face-to-face with the green stomatopod with 
his forelegs cocked ready for a battle. Apparently this was southing 
the fish hadn't counted on, and he swam off a few inches to think it over. 
coming back from tis® to time to make sure hla eyes weren't playing him 
tricks. Ar^- always the stosmtopod was waiting for him, alert and hair- 
triggered , 
Poor fellow] Apparently the Jawfish was all bluff — or he had 
eaten so many of our minnow scraps that he had lost his ambition. In 
any event, he decided not to battle, but sorrowfully left his home and 
