Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 19
... remarkable that I shall have to quote them in full . These observations are recorded by Mr. H. J. Carter , F.R.S. , in the Annals of Natural History , ' and in his opinion prove that the beginnings of instinct are to be found so low ...
... remarkable that I shall have to quote them in full . These observations are recorded by Mr. H. J. Carter , F.R.S. , in the Annals of Natural History , ' and in his opinion prove that the beginnings of instinct are to be found so low ...
Pagina 28
... remarkable ; for they would appear to indicate not merely accurate memory of direction and locality for twenty - four hours , but also no small degree of something akin to ' permanent attachment , ' and sympa- thetic desire that another ...
... remarkable ; for they would appear to indicate not merely accurate memory of direction and locality for twenty - four hours , but also no small degree of something akin to ' permanent attachment , ' and sympa- thetic desire that another ...
Pagina 41
... remarkable of the many remarkable facts connected with ant psychology . It has been known since the observations of Huber that all the ants of the same nest or community recognise one another as friends , while an ant introduced from ...
... remarkable of the many remarkable facts connected with ant psychology . It has been known since the observations of Huber that all the ants of the same nest or community recognise one another as friends , while an ant introduced from ...
Pagina 61
... remarkable manner from the habit as practised by other species . He says : " The ants took the greatest care of these eggs , carrying them off to the lower chambers with the utmost haste when the nest was disturbed . ' But the most ...
... remarkable manner from the habit as practised by other species . He says : " The ants took the greatest care of these eggs , carrying them off to the lower chambers with the utmost haste when the nest was disturbed . ' But the most ...
Pagina 63
... remarkable case of prudence . Our ants may not perhaps lay up food for the winter , but they do more , for they keep during six months the eggs which will enable them to procure food during the following summer . The following , which ...
... remarkable case of prudence . Our ants may not perhaps lay up food for the winter , but they do more , for they keep during six months the eggs which will enable them to procure food during the following summer . The following , which ...
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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.