Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1913 — Battle Between Mud Turtle And Clam a Zoological Study. [ARTICLE]

Battle Between Mud Turtle And Clam a Zoological Study.

J. S. Moon this Friday morning found a peculiar battle being waged between a mud turtle and a clam. He was walking along the river bank and saw the clam partly out of the water. It moved upward and attracted his attention and he found that it was attached to the lower jaw of a mud turtle. At first it was thought the turtle was eating the clam, but a more careful examination disclosed that the clam had closed its shells firmly on the lower jaw of the turtle. How long the battle had been waged or how long it would continue no one knew, but to all appearances the clam would hold on until the turtle had starved itself to death, as It could not eat with the clam attached, neither could it close Its mouth. The turtle seemed quite weak, probably from hunger. Mr. Moon brought the attached animals down town and exhibited them to quite a number of people and it is probable that they will be taken to the schools to show the students this peculiar study in zoological combat.