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immediately pierced by the lassos, and 
poisoned by the deadly fluid hidden in 
the cells. Even big fish have been known 
to die in great agony when touched by 
the Sea-Anemone. 
“ The Anemone frequently swallows a 
whole crab (if it is a good size itself) and 
is particularly fond of gulping down its 
food in this manner, keeping it for awhile 
in its stomach to squeeze out the juice ; 
after which what is left is thrown out 
through its mouth. 
“ All Anemones have mouths and stom¬ 
achs, and some have rows of eyes like a 
necklace around the body. The mouth 
is a small opening in the centre of the 
disk, or head of the Anemone, and this 
leads into the stomach below. 
“ Sometimes the Anemone uses the ten¬ 
tacles around the disk to help feed it¬ 
self, and it also uses the mouth, lips and 
