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Alga wrote --
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Oh, btw the leatherskin has six legs, not eight, and three jaws. I have trouble with the three jaws--the best I can come up with is a Big Mac or club sandwich, with the jaws being the pieces of bread or bun.
Like the three gripping segments of a drill chuck, perhaps? Of course our author must have seen a lot of those in his time.
Dave
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