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JEFFER
1956
JOURNAL
(8002) UNIV OF CALIF, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA CO, CA
FE04 (cont) WITH THE SPIDER + WAS FOUND PARTLY
EATEN SEVERAL DAYS LATER ALTHOUGH NO ONE
HAD SEEN THE SPIDER KILL + EAT IT. A
[illegible] so LATER BROCK GOT AN ADULT
WILD MUS TRAPPED IN LIFE SCIENCE BLDG. COURT-
YARD + PUT IT IN WITH THE SPIDER,
WHICH WOULD "STRIKE" AT THE MOUSE
IF THE LATTER BOTHERED IT TOO MUCH,
BUT OTHER THAN THAT SEEMED TO
SHOW LITTLE INTEREST IN THE MOUSE.
BROCK TOOK THE MUS OUT AFTER A
DAY OR TWO + KEPT IT IN A SEPARATE
CASE. A [illegible] & MEAN WORM ADULTS
& LARVAE WERE NOT TAKEN BY THE
SPIDER EITHER, ALTHOUGH THESE INSECTS
WERE KEPT IN THE CASE FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS,
WHILE BROCK WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
WITH HISTOPLASMOSIS (?), I TRAPED ANOTHER
MUS (PUT IT IN THE [illegible] AQUARIUM WITH
FOOD + WATER) BUT HE ONLY SEEMED
TO FRIGHTEN THE SPIDER WHICH OCCASION-
ALLY "STUCK" AS BEFORE WITHOUT TOUCHING
THE MOUSE. ON FEB 1, I REMOVED THE
ADULT WILD MUS + PUT IN A JUST-
WEANED WHITE LAB MUS SUPPLIED BY
CHET [illegible] FROM ROOM 5093 LDB.
THE MUS SHOWED NO FEAR OF THE
SPIDER + WOULD OCCASIONALLY CRAWL
ON THE LATTER'S BACK OR WORK HIS
WAY UNDERNEATH HIM. THE SPIDER
"STUCK" TOWARDS THE MOUSE ONLY
OR TWICE, BUT, AS BEFORE, TOOK LITTLE
WORKS OF THE MOUSE AS IT FLEW OR RAN