Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 34
... nest A. Whenever an ant came out of A upon B he transposed the slips ƒ and g . Therefore at the angle below n there was a choice pre- sented to the ant of taking the unscented pathway leading to the full glass h , or the scented pathway ...
... nest A. Whenever an ant came out of A upon B he transposed the slips ƒ and g . Therefore at the angle below n there was a choice pre- sented to the ant of taking the unscented pathway leading to the full glass h , or the scented pathway ...
Pagina 37
... nest was away from it , and vice versa , the ants always returned over the same track on the board , and , in consequence , directly away from home . If I moved my board to the other side of my artificial nest , the result was the same ...
... nest was away from it , and vice versa , the ants always returned over the same track on the board , and , in consequence , directly away from home . If I moved my board to the other side of my artificial nest , the result was the same ...
Pagina 38
... nest and the food he placed a hat - box twelve inches in diameter and seven inches high , cutting two small holes , so that the ants in passing from the nest to the food had to pass in at one hole and out at the other . The box was ...
... nest and the food he placed a hat - box twelve inches in diameter and seven inches high , cutting two small holes , so that the ants in passing from the nest to the food had to pass in at one hole and out at the other . The box was ...
Pagina 39
... nest , constitutes ample proof that the ant remembers the way to the store . It is of considerable interest , however , to note that the nature of this insect - memory appears to be , as far as it goes , precisely identical with that of ...
... nest , constitutes ample proof that the ant remembers the way to the store . It is of considerable interest , however , to note that the nature of this insect - memory appears to be , as far as it goes , precisely identical with that of ...
Pagina 40
... nest of the year before , where they were busily employed in making fresh exca- vations . Many were bringing along pieces of ant - food ' from the nest most recently deluged with carbolic acid to that which had been similarly deluged a ...
... nest of the year before , where they were busily employed in making fresh exca- vations . Many were bringing along pieces of ant - food ' from the nest most recently deluged with carbolic acid to that which had been similarly deluged a ...
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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.