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"ZIEGLER
1956
JOURNAL
(20053) UNIV. OF CALIF., BERKELEY, ALAMEDA CO, CALIF.
Feb 4 (cont) ABOUT THE CAKE. YESTERDAY
RETURNING AFTER IN MOUR'S ABSENCE
HOWEVER ABOUT 2:00 P.M. I NOTICED
THE MOUSE ACTING RATHER STRANGELY,
CROUCHING + STARTING ONCE IN A
WHILE. WHEN IT MOVED IT DID SO IN
MORE OR LESS JERKS. THE SPIDER
AT THIS TIME WAS QUITE CLOSE TO
THE MOUSE FREEING IT WITHOUT
MOVING EXCEPT FOR THE MOUTH
"FEELERS" (ORIFICES FORWARD) BEING PULLED
BACK TOWARDS, AND STROKING THE
MOUTH (OR AT LEAST THAT REGION) AS
I HAD NOTICED IT DOING THE DAY
BEFORE, ALTHO AT THAT TIME IT
STILL WAS PAYING NO ATTENTION TO
THE MUS. AFTER HALF AN HOUR
OR SO HOWEVER THE MOUSE SEEMED
NORMAL AGAIN + MOVED AS USUAL
AROUND THE AQUARIUM + FED AGAIN.
THIS MORNING ABOUT 11:00 AM I
CAME TO WORK + FOUND THE SPIDER
RAISED RATHER HIGH ON ALL PAIRS
OF LEGS WITH THE BODY OF THE MOUSE,
ALREADY SEEMINGLY HALF EATEN, HELD
UP TO THE SPIDER'S MOUTH APPARENTLY
BEING EATEN RATHER THAN JUST "SUCKED"
AT. THE TWO MOUTH(?)"FEELERS" WERE
IN MOTION, MOVING TOWARDS THE MOUTH +
BACK OUT AWAYS BUT DID NOT SEEM TO
TOUCH THE MUS BODY. Two SHORTER, BUT EQUALLY
THICK, MOUTH APPENDAGES WITH 4 (OR MORE) JAW
CLAWS (OR "FANGS"??) SEEMED TO BE USED
TO HOLD THE BODY UP TO THE MOUTH AS IT