Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina xiv
... ELEPHANT 386 · THE CAT . CHAPTER XIV . . 411 CHAPTER XV . FOXES , WOLVES , JACKALS , & C . THE DOG . CHAPTER XVI . CHAPTER XVII . MONKEYS , APES , AND BABOONS INDEX 426 437 2 471 499 INTRODUCTION . BEFORE we begin to consider the ...
... ELEPHANT 386 · THE CAT . CHAPTER XIV . . 411 CHAPTER XV . FOXES , WOLVES , JACKALS , & C . THE DOG . CHAPTER XVI . CHAPTER XVII . MONKEYS , APES , AND BABOONS INDEX 426 437 2 471 499 INTRODUCTION . BEFORE we begin to consider the ...
Pagina 198
... elephant . The growth of these gigantic mounds is gradual , increas- ing with the increase of the population . From the mound in all directions there radiate subterranean tunnels , which may be as much as a foot in width , and which ...
... elephant . The growth of these gigantic mounds is gradual , increas- ing with the increase of the population . From the mound in all directions there radiate subterranean tunnels , which may be as much as a foot in width , and which ...
Pagina 326
... elephant , the dog and cat tribe among Carnivora , and the Primates -all of which I shall reserve for separate treatment . Marsupials . In the Transactions of the Linnean Society , ' Major Mitchell gives an interesting account of the ...
... elephant , the dog and cat tribe among Carnivora , and the Primates -all of which I shall reserve for separate treatment . Marsupials . In the Transactions of the Linnean Society , ' Major Mitchell gives an interesting account of the ...
Pagina 328
... elephant , and in a lesser degree by that of his congener the ass . On the other hand , his intelligence is a grade or two above that of perhaps any ruminant or other herbivorous quadruped . The emotional life of this animal is ...
... elephant , and in a lesser degree by that of his congener the ass . On the other hand , his intelligence is a grade or two above that of perhaps any ruminant or other herbivorous quadruped . The emotional life of this animal is ...
Pagina 329
... elephants , although in this case the facts are not nearly so remarkable from a psycho- logical point of view , seeing that the process of taming is so much more slow . Another curious emotional feature in the horse is the liability of ...
... elephants , although in this case the facts are not nearly so remarkable from a psycho- logical point of view , seeing that the process of taming is so much more slow . Another curious emotional feature in the horse is the liability of ...
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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.