Fig. 81
This picture (Fig. [81]) shows you a pod which, as it lies upon the ground, looks like a centiped.
Here you have a seed which is shaped and marked like a beetle (Fig. [82]).
The next picture (Fig. [83]) shows you a seed from the castor-oil plant. You can see that it might easily be mistaken for some insect.
Fig. 82
Think how disappointed the bird must be, after having greedily snapped up and carried off one of these little objects, to discover that for all his pains he has secured nothing but a dry, tough pod or seed.
Fig. 83