— One of the marine curiosities some timt ago from the bottom of the> Indian Ocean was a mammoth sea crab which continually emitted a bright white light, similar to fchas seen in the spasmodic flashes of phosphorescent luminosity emitted by the common glowworm. The crab wa'- oaptured in the daytime and placed m a large tank containing specimens of fish, nothing peculiar except its immense size being noticeable in the broad glare of the tropical sun. At night, however, when all was pitchy darkness, the crab lit up the tank so that the other creatures in it oould be plainly seen. / your \ with *~^ all Cheniiste&Srores^ aboviiitede M^*^^
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Otago Witness, Issue 2630, 10 August 1904, Page 69
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107Page 69 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 2630, 10 August 1904, Page 69
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