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David Fairchild. Book of Monsters
Book of Monsters
Table of Contents
Chapter I. THE SPIDER WORLD
Chapter II. THE INSECT WORLD
Chapter III. THE WORLD OF MYRIAPODS AND. A SINGLE LAND CRUSTACEAN
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David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild
Portraits and Biographies of a Few of the Inhabitants of Woodland and Meadow
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We are so accustomed to beasts with two eyes that it is hard to realize that all around us, though hard to see, are little monsters with many eyes of various sizes.
This one has eight eyes, four of which are invisible from the front. The eyes are diurnal, enabling the creature to hunt only by day. Its eight stout legs fit it for jumping forward or sideways with great ease. In comparison with its size, its jumping powers are incredible. If it were the size of a tiger, it would be a beast of prey which could clear a quarter of a mile at a bound.
