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Pagina 19
... returned to the conflict , but did not succeed a second time in establishing its hold . The entire scene was as like intelligent action on the part of both animals as could well be imagined , so that if we were to depend upon ...
... returned to the conflict , but did not succeed a second time in establishing its hold . The entire scene was as like intelligent action on the part of both animals as could well be imagined , so that if we were to depend upon ...
Pagina 20
... returned to the same cell ; and although there were now no more starch - grains protruding , the actinophrys managed again to extract one from the interior through the crevice . All this was repeated several times , showing that the ...
... returned to the same cell ; and although there were now no more starch - grains protruding , the actinophrys managed again to extract one from the interior through the crevice . All this was repeated several times , showing that the ...
Pagina 27
... returned , and apparently communicated the result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the ...
... returned , and apparently communicated the result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the ...
Pagina 33
... returned , and passed the scented pencil . After doing this two or three times , they generally took no further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the ants were observed to wave about and ...
... returned , and passed the scented pencil . After doing this two or three times , they generally took no further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the ants were observed to wave about and ...
Pagina 37
... 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 . Evidently they followed the road , not the direction ...
... 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 . Evidently they followed the road , not the direction ...
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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.