Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 46
... 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 they effected ...
... 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 they effected ...
Pagina 47
... leg , and was trying to drag her through the muslin . All day the ants clustered round the bottle , and bit perseveringly , though not systematically , at the muslin . The same thing hap- pened all the following day . On repeating these ...
... leg , and was trying to drag her through the muslin . All day the ants clustered round the bottle , and bit perseveringly , though not systematically , at the muslin . The same thing hap- pened all the following day . On repeating these ...
Pagina 48
... legs and tugged with such force that I thought the legs would be pulled off , but they persevered until they got the captive free . I next covered one up with a piece of clay , leaving only the ends of its antennæ projecting . It was ...
... legs and tugged with such force that I thought the legs would be pulled off , but they persevered until they got the captive free . I next covered one up with a piece of clay , leaving only the ends of its antennæ projecting . It was ...
Pagina 66
... legs of the feeding slaves , reminded them that they were neglecting their duty . The slaves then imme- diately began to serve their masters with the sugar . Forel also has confirmed all these observations of Huber . Indeed , in the ...
... legs of the feeding slaves , reminded them that they were neglecting their duty . The slaves then imme- diately began to serve their masters with the sugar . Forel also has confirmed all these observations of Huber . Indeed , in the ...
Pagina 72
... legs and to snatch away the pupæ . The Amazon lets its jaws slip slowly along the captive pupa , as far as the head of its opponent , and pierces it , if it does not , as generally happens , draw back . But it often manages to seize the ...
... legs and to snatch away the pupæ . The Amazon lets its jaws slip slowly along the captive pupa , as far as the head of its opponent , and pierces it , if it does not , as generally happens , draw back . But it often manages to seize 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.