This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... room for them than her mouth can allow for. ust think what would happen if some people should find more room for their tongues than they now have! Since Mrs. Spinner's teeth and tongue are outside of her mouth, all of her food has to be chewed before it goes inside. For this purpose she has what seems ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... room for them than her mouth can allow for. ust think what would happen if some people should find more room for their tongues than they now have! Since Mrs. Spinner's teeth and tongue are outside of her mouth, all of her food has to be chewed before it goes inside. For this purpose she has what seems like a short pair of legs just in front of her real legs with which she holds her food while it is being chewed. These are called her palps. At the base of the palps is a set of teeth. And as if this was not enough teeth, she has two more sets, fastened to the front of her head, on what are called the mandibles. And at the outermost corner of the mandibles, Mrs. Spinner carries a spear, for she is a great body to go hunting; in fact, she makes her living by hunting and trapping game. I This spear is kept sharp at all times, and will pierce through any insect she comes across. You have heard about poisoned arrows which, if they but scratch a person, will cause certain death. Well, Mrs. Spinner poisons her spear before she strikes with it. Sharp as that spear is, at the tip is a tiny opening, seen only with a microscope, and through that slight opening she can send a tiny jet of liquid poison into the body of her wounded enemy. Of course, Mrs. Spinner never kills things just for the fun of killing, although boys and men often do. She kills insects, such as flies and mosquitoes, of which we already have too many, and eats them for food. And besides this, she uses her weapons to defend herself when attacked by an enemy. A great many persons tell bad stories about being poisoned by spiders, but it is generally something else than spiders, for no spider will use her poison fang on a human being, unless she has been first attacked, and so is...
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