Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 31
... ants , it is not surprising that their results should present many points of difference ; for this only shows , as we might have ex- pected , that different species of ants differ considerably in habits and intelligence . Therefore , in ...
... ants , it is not surprising that their results should present many points of difference ; for this only shows , as we might have ex- pected , that different species of ants differ considerably in habits and intelligence . Therefore , in ...
Pagina 32
... ants in a graduated series , which corresponds with the order of their influence on a photographic plate . Ex- periments were therefore made to test whether it might not be the actinic rays that were so particularly distasteful to the ants ...
... ants in a graduated series , which corresponds with the order of their influence on a photographic plate . Ex- periments were therefore made to test whether it might not be the actinic rays that were so particularly distasteful to the ants ...
Pagina 33
... ants were observed to wave about and throw back their antennæ when the scented pencil was brought near . That ants track one another by scent was long ago mentioned by Huber , and also that they depend on this sense for their power of ...
... ants were observed to wave about and throw back their antennæ when the scented pencil was brought near . That ants track one another by scent was long ago mentioned by Huber , and also that they depend on this sense for their power of ...
Pagina 34
... ants proceeding from A to h and back again , carrying the pupa on h to the nest A. Whenever an ant came out of A ... ants , knowing their way , always took the right turn at the angle ; but the stranger ants , being guided only by scent ...
... ants proceeding from A to h and back again , carrying the pupa on h to the nest A. Whenever an ant came out of A ... ants , knowing their way , always took the right turn at the angle ; but the stranger ants , being guided only by scent ...
Pagina 35
George John Romanes. white line represents the course then pursued by the ant in its endeavours to find the pencil , which was shifted only a few inches from A to B. That is , the ants on their journey to the shifted object travelled ...
George John Romanes. white line represents the course then pursued by the ant in its endeavours to find the pencil , which was shifted only a few inches from A to B. That is , the ants on their journey to the shifted object travelled ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.