Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... latter . Moreover , by getting into the 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 ...
... latter . Moreover , by getting into the 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 ...
Pagina x
... latter , who in astonish- ing numbers have poured in their communications during several years from all quarters of the globe . I make this statement because I desire to explain to all my corres- pondents who may read this book , that I ...
... latter , who in astonish- ing numbers have poured in their communications during several years from all quarters of the globe . I make this statement because I desire to explain to all my corres- pondents who may read this book , that I ...
Pagina 3
... the former depending on inherited mechanisms within the nervous system being so constructed as to effect particular adaptive movements in response to particular stimula- tions , while the latter are independent of any such INTRODUCTION . 3.
... the former depending on inherited mechanisms within the nervous system being so constructed as to effect particular adaptive movements in response to particular stimula- tions , while the latter are independent of any such INTRODUCTION . 3.
Pagina 4
George John Romanes. tions , while the latter are independent of any such in- herited adjustment of special mechanisms to the exi- gencies of special circumstances . Reflex actions under the influence of their appropriate stimuli may be ...
George John Romanes. tions , while the latter are independent of any such in- herited adjustment of special mechanisms to the exi- gencies of special circumstances . Reflex actions under the influence of their appropriate stimuli may be ...
Pagina 7
... latter . And this proof , as I have endeavoured to show , is in all cases and in its last analysis the fact of a living organism showing itself able to learn by its own individual experi- ence . Wherever we find an animal able to do ...
... latter . And this proof , as I have endeavoured to show , is in all cases and in its last analysis the fact of a living organism showing itself able to learn by its own individual experi- ence . Wherever we find an animal able to do ...
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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.