Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 48
... head projecting . Several ants passed it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but it had only gone for assistance ...
... head projecting . Several ants passed it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but it had only gone for assistance ...
Pagina 57
... head- ings abundant additional evidence on this point will be found implicated with the other facts detailed . Habits General in Sundry Species . Swarming . The precise facts with regard to the swarming of ants are not yet certainly ...
... head- ings abundant additional evidence on this point will be found implicated with the other facts detailed . Habits General in Sundry Species . Swarming . The precise facts with regard to the swarming of ants are not yet certainly ...
Pagina 66
... head of an enemy , do not admit of being used for feeding , unless liquid food is poured into them by the mouth of a slave . This fact shows of how ancient an origin the instinct of slave - making must be ; it has altered in an ...
... head of an enemy , do not admit of being used for feeding , unless liquid food is poured into them by the mouth of a slave . This fact shows of how ancient an origin the instinct of slave - making must be ; it has altered in an ...
Pagina 69
... heads and antennæ . They then formed into column and set out to pillage the nest of the slave ants . The following is ... head of the column is continually growing . They are in fact seeking the traces of the ants which they propose to ...
... heads and antennæ . They then formed into column and set out to pillage the nest of the slave ants . The following is ... head of the column is continually growing . They are in fact seeking the traces of the ants which they propose to ...
Pagina 71
... head from the members of the ' ring . ' The pro- cession does not advance until the leaders have convinced them- selves by their own eyesight that the main part of the army is following . One day Forel saw some Amazons on the surface of ...
... head from the members of the ' ring . ' The pro- cession does not advance until the leaders have convinced them- selves by their own eyesight that the main part of the army is following . One day Forel saw some Amazons on the surface 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.