This Wonderful World
A Sand Saucer A sand saucer—but it looks more like some primitive bit of pottery shaped by a long-forgotten race, doesn't it? In reality, it is the egg-ribbon of the necklace shell, and it is a marvellous piece of construction. It is composed of sand and mucus from its small fishy inhabitant, and in it the eggs are laid. In a short time the sand walls harden and thus protect the eggs until hatching time occurs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 4 (Supplement)
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79This Wonderful World New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 4 (Supplement)
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