Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 20
... round the cell , at last arrived at the crevice , from which it extricated one of the grains of starch mentioned , and then crept off to a good dis- tance . Presently , however , it returned to the same cell ; and although there were ...
... round the cell , at last arrived at the crevice , from which it extricated one of the grains of starch mentioned , and then crept off to a good dis- tance . Presently , however , it returned to the same cell ; and although there were ...
Pagina 21
... round its body . This mark of affection , too much like that frequently evinced at the other end of the scale , even where there is a mind for its control , did not long remain with- out interpretation . There was a young acineta ...
... round its body . This mark of affection , too much like that frequently evinced at the other end of the scale , even where there is a mind for its control , did not long remain with- out interpretation . There was a young acineta ...
Pagina 37
... round so that the side which had been turned towards the 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 ...
... round so that the side which had been turned towards the 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 ...
Pagina 38
... round also ; but even if she went on to b or c , as the case might be , as soon as she came to the end of the bridge she turned round . ' Next , between the nest and the food he placed a hat - box twelve inches in diameter and seven ...
... round also ; but even if she went on to b or c , as the case might be , as soon as she came to the end of the bridge she turned round . ' Next , between the nest and the food he placed a hat - box twelve inches in diameter and seven ...
Pagina 39
... round together with the rotating table which sup- ports the box , the ants continue their way without making compen- sating changes in their direction of advance . The same thing happens if the hat - box is covered , so as to make of it ...
... round together with the rotating table which sup- ports the box , the ants continue their way without making compen- sating changes in their direction of advance . The same thing happens if the hat - box is covered , so as to make of it ...
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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.