Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 11
George John Romanes. Again , Addison says : - I look upon instinct as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies ... say of clear- ness in our ideas concerning the things of which we speak -it is most desirable to restrict the word ...
George John Romanes. Again , Addison says : - I look upon instinct as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies ... say of clear- ness in our ideas concerning the things of which we speak -it is most desirable to restrict the word ...
Pagina 15
... says in his ' Philosophy of the Unconscious , ' that instinct is action taken in pursuance of an end , but without conscious per- ception of what the end is . ' This definition , however , is likewise defective in that it omits another ...
... says in his ' Philosophy of the Unconscious , ' that instinct is action taken in pursuance of an end , but without conscious per- ception of what the end is . ' This definition , however , is likewise defective in that it omits another ...
Pagina 19
... says : Even Athalium will confine itself to the water of the watch - glass in which it may be placed when away from sawdust and chips of wood among which it has been living ; but if the watch - glass be placed upon the sawdust , it will ...
... says : Even Athalium will confine itself to the water of the watch - glass in which it may be placed when away from sawdust and chips of wood among which it has been living ; but if the watch - glass be placed upon the sawdust , it will ...
Pagina 30
... says that they appeared to recognise their keeper after they had for some time received their food from him . Hollmann narrates that an octopus , which had had a struggle with a lobster , followed the latter into an adjacent tank , to ...
... says that they appeared to recognise their keeper after they had for some time received their food from him . Hollmann narrates that an octopus , which had had a struggle with a lobster , followed the latter into an adjacent tank , to ...
Pagina 43
... says : - : - These observations seem to me conclusive as far as they go , and they are very surprising . In my ... say , a whole nation of ants recognising each other as belonging to the same nationality . New nests often spring up as ...
... says : - : - These observations seem to me conclusive as far as they go , and they are very surprising . In my ... say , a whole nation of ants recognising each other as belonging to the same nationality . New nests often spring up as ...
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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.