Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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... interesting account of a medusa which carries its larvæ on the inner sides of its bell- shaped body . The manubrium , or mobile digestive cavity For an account of the natural movements of the Medusæ and the effects of stimulation upon ...
... interesting account of a medusa which carries its larvæ on the inner sides of its bell- shaped body . The manubrium , or mobile digestive cavity For an account of the natural movements of the Medusæ and the effects of stimulation upon ...
Pagina 24
... interesting work on the habits of earth - worms . It appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent ...
... interesting work on the habits of earth - worms . It appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent ...
Pagina 29
... interesting animals . 3 According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda show un- 1 Journal Linn . Sov . vol , xiv . p . 406 et seq . 2 Mag . Nat . Hist . 1831 , vol . iv . p . 346 . • Thieresche Wille , § 78 . mistakable evidence of ...
... interesting animals . 3 According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda show un- 1 Journal Linn . Sov . vol , xiv . p . 406 et seq . 2 Mag . Nat . Hist . 1831 , vol . iv . p . 346 . • Thieresche Wille , § 78 . mistakable evidence of ...
Pagina 31
... interesting branch of comparative psychology , it will be found that the chapter is constituted principally of a statement of observa- tions and experiments which have been conducted during the short period named . The observers to whom ...
... interesting branch of comparative psychology , it will be found that the chapter is constituted principally of a statement of observa- tions and experiments which have been conducted during the short period named . The observers to whom ...
Pagina 32
... interesting to ascertain whether ants of the genus Atta show a similarly graduated intole- rance to the light in different parts of the spectrum ; for both Moggridge and MacCook record of this genus that it not only does not shun the ...
... interesting to ascertain whether ants of the genus Atta show a similarly graduated intole- rance to the light in different parts of the spectrum ; for both Moggridge and MacCook record of this genus that it not only does not shun the ...
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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.