Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... habit of always seeking for corroborative cases , I have frequently been able to substantiate the assertions of known observers by those of other observers as well or better known . So much , then , for the principles by which I have ...
... habit of always seeking for corroborative cases , I have frequently been able to substantiate the assertions of known observers by those of other observers as well or better known . So much , then , for the principles by which I have ...
Pagina 47
... habit of keeping slaves ] . But the experi- ments on F. fusca seem to show that in these curious insects hatred is a stronger passion than affection . We must not , however , too readily assent to this general conclusion , that ants as ...
... habit of keeping slaves ] . But the experi- ments on F. fusca seem to show that in these curious insects hatred is a stronger passion than affection . We must not , however , too readily assent to this general conclusion , that ants as ...
Pagina 54
... habit of keeping fresh flowers . A vase stands at each end , and near the middle a small tumbler , usually filled with violets . Some time ago I noticed a pile of very small red ants on the wall above the left - hand vase , passing ...
... habit of keeping fresh flowers . A vase stands at each end , and near the middle a small tumbler , usually filled with violets . Some time ago I noticed a pile of very small red ants on the wall above the left - hand vase , passing ...
Pagina 60
... Habit of keeping Aphides . - It is well known that various species of ants keep aphides , as men keep milch cows , to supply a nutritious secretion . Huber first ob- served this fact , and noticed that the ants collected the eggs of the ...
... Habit of keeping Aphides . - It is well known that various species of ants keep aphides , as men keep milch cows , to supply a nutritious secretion . Huber first ob- served this fact , and noticed that the ants collected the eggs of the ...
Pagina 61
... habit as practised by a certain species of ant ( Lasius flavus ) , which departs in a very remarkable manner from the habit as practised by other species . He says : " The ants took the greatest care of these eggs , carrying them off to ...
... habit as practised by a certain species of ant ( Lasius flavus ) , which departs in a very remarkable manner from the habit as practised by other species . He says : " The ants took the greatest care of these eggs , carrying them off to ...
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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.