Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 18
... hold of the weed with its own forceps , and began the most extraordinary series of movements , which were obviously directed towards ridding itself of the encumbrance . It dashed from side to side in all directions with a vigour and ...
... hold of the weed with its own forceps , and began the most extraordinary series of movements , which were obviously directed towards ridding itself of the encumbrance . It dashed from side to side in all directions with a vigour and ...
Pagina 19
... hold . The entire scene was as like intelligent action on the part of both animals as could well be imagined , so that if we were to depend upon appearances alone , this one observation would be sufficient to induce me to attribute ...
... hold . The entire scene was as like intelligent action on the part of both animals as could well be imagined , so that if we were to depend upon appearances alone , this one observation would be sufficient to induce me to attribute ...
Pagina 24
... hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf will offer least resistance to being drawn down . But as this work will so shortly be published , I shall not forestall any of the facts which ...
... hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf will offer least resistance to being drawn down . But as this work will so shortly be published , I shall not forestall any of the facts which ...
Pagina 46
... hold of the leg of one of the strangers , which had unwarily been allowed to protrude through the meshes of the muslin . They worked and watched , though not , as far as I could see , with any system , till 7.30 in the evening , when ...
... hold of the leg of one of the strangers , which had unwarily been allowed to protrude through the meshes of the muslin . They worked and watched , though not , as far as I could see , with any system , till 7.30 in the evening , when ...
Pagina 75
... hold this with mandibles open and antennæ drawn back , with- out going nearer . In this position they beat off all assaults of the besieged , until they feel themselves strong enough to advance to the attack . This attack scarcely ever ...
... hold this with mandibles open and antennæ drawn back , with- out going nearer . In this position they beat off all assaults of the besieged , until they feel themselves strong enough to advance to the attack . This attack scarcely ever ...
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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.