Field Notebook: New York, Pennsylvania, Washington District of Columbia 1906 - 1908
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"Giant Salamander. Japan, China, Tibet. Altam. 4½ fat. In altano of to 4600'. One specimen lived in captivity for 52 years. Eaten by Japanese. Frogs have been kept in captivity up to 7 years. Crawfish just climbs, one tail had a snake struck in the water dead, and in the notch between the hands by the crawfish, again put their tails back under. Brown Lea Cray-cray. Eaten by some fish. Can crawl slowly. Some are divided by finning, in feet seem to drag this; more common than fled thought. These in tin are very pregnant. The tentacles are all exposed at length and hardly it are move. They seem to feed them on fish meat disposed anywhere. Very common in the tank. Drills. One of the little aquarium had oysters with starfish as drills. Most of the oysters were dead but the drills seemed to be as well. The starfishs had nothing to do with the oysters clinging to the sides of the tank. Four out of three had new arms growing on. Evidently they lose these