Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 2
... further reflection shows us that this is just what we cannot do ; for although it is true that there is no mind without the power of conscious choice , it is not true that all apparent choice is due to mind . In our own organisms , for ...
... further reflection shows us that this is just what we cannot do ; for although it is true that there is no mind without the power of conscious choice , it is not true that all apparent choice is due to mind . In our own organisms , for ...
Pagina 5
... ; and further , that scepticism of this kind is logically bound to deny evidence of mind , not only in the case of the lower animals , but also in that of the higher , and even in that of men other than INTRODUCTION . 5.
... ; and further , that scepticism of this kind is logically bound to deny evidence of mind , not only in the case of the lower animals , but also in that of the higher , and even in that of men other than INTRODUCTION . 5.
Pagina 20
... further examination , when I observed one of the spore - like cells had become ruptured , and that a portion of its protoplasm , charged with the triangular starch - grains , was slightly protruding through the crevice . It then struck ...
... further examination , when I observed one of the spore - like cells had become ruptured , and that a portion of its protoplasm , charged with the triangular starch - grains , was slightly protruding through the crevice . It then struck ...
Pagina 33
... further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the 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 ...
... further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the 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 ...
Pagina 34
... further evidence showing how much more ants de- pend upon scent than upon sight in finding their way , the following experiment may be quoted . In the accompany- ing woodcut ( Fig . 2 ) the line marked 1 , 2 , 3 represents the edge of a ...
... further evidence showing how much more ants de- pend upon scent than upon sight in finding their way , the following experiment may be quoted . In the accompany- ing woodcut ( Fig . 2 ) the line marked 1 , 2 , 3 represents the edge of a ...
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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.