Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 20
... remained by it and caught every one of them , even to the last , when it retired to another part of the field , as if instinctively conscious that there was nothing more to be got at the old place . But by far the greatest feat of this ...
... remained by it and caught every one of them , even to the last , when it retired to another part of the field , as if instinctively conscious that there was nothing more to be got at the old place . But by far the greatest feat of this ...
Pagina 62
... remained stationary on the daisy . More- over , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer , but ...
... remained stationary on the daisy . More- over , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer , but ...
Pagina 63
... remained quite free from the aphides until the end of May or the beginning of June . My joy was of short duration . One fine sunny morning I saw a surprising number of ants running quickly up and down the trunk of the tree ; this ...
... remained quite free from the aphides until the end of May or the beginning of June . My joy was of short duration . One fine sunny morning I saw a surprising number of ants running quickly up and down the trunk of the tree ; this ...
Pagina 82
... remained in concealment they were not disturbed , but as soon as they began to clear away their open disk war was declared . MacCook , however , says that these ants are not always so jealous of territorial encroachment , or at least ...
... remained in concealment they were not disturbed , but as soon as they began to clear away their open disk war was declared . MacCook , however , says that these ants are not always so jealous of territorial encroachment , or at least ...
Pagina 92
... remained upon the surface of the nest , but all were interred in the extramural cemeteries . Afterwards I removed the trays , and turned the contents of the formicarium upside down , and then I placed six trays on the surface of the ...
... remained upon the surface of the nest , but all were interred in the extramural cemeteries . Afterwards I removed the trays , and turned the contents of the formicarium upside down , and then I placed six trays on the surface of 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.