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with our Biinnow baits, Totr placed a minnow under a piece of stone near 
the burarow opening, and we waited. Very shortly the shrimp's antennae 
were flipping about at the opening, ard the front part of the shrimp and 
his pincers. He be^an pulling shells into his burrow to clear a path to 
the minncw. It took him a surprisingly short time to dig a nice ramp. 
We did not think he couM move the minnow from beneath the stone. But he 
could. He grabbed it and whisked out of sight down the hole. And that 
was the last we were to see of him. The next minnow we tied to a stone 
with a rubber binder, but the daxaage was done. The shrimp had all he 
wanted from us. 
Remembering what had happened with the Jawfish and the stoma topods , we 
brought over mantises of assorted sizes and put them in the enclosuire, 
hoping timt they might go down into the burrow to try to steal the minnow 
from the burrower, and jwssibly even chase him out into the open. No luck. 
The etcsaatopods had no Intention of going into the tiumel, Wliether they 
were afraid, or Just not in the laood, it is hard to say. Anyhow, they 
Just lolled around on the outside and did us no good whatever. 
In the evening we dropped down on one of the bay reefs for a look 
around. Hoped to be able to come across another cowfish tlmt could be 
held eo placidly in one’s hand. No cowfish. But we saw the usual parrots 
propped against stones, and the red goatfish. When we held the light on 
the goatfish for a few moE«nts, his color suddenly vanished and he was a 
three -epotted goatfish again. We could not determine if that indicated 
that he had beeoBffi wide awake. 
