Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — Crabs that Fight. [ARTICLE]

Crabs that Fight.

The bluo crab Is a natural born fighter; the probability is that he would a little rather fight than not. The spider crab is not so much of- a fighter as That; itSl, the spider win put his claws up. “There are eight or ten big spider crabs In one of the tanks at. the New York Aquarium; the biggest of them four inches in length of body and measuring eight or ten inches In spread of legs. Twp of these spiders of about equal size met In the tank the other day, and stood up on their hind legs and faced each other Ilka two boys meeting In the Btreet. Then they threw their upper legs around each other and grappled, and begun plugging away at each other with their placer claws. A moment later one pushed she other over on his back and fell on bim; he hit him once after he wus down. Then they went their ways.—Rochester Herald.