Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina viii
... soon found that this principle constituted much too close a mesh . Where one of my objects was to determine the upper limit of intelligence reached by this and that class , order , or species of animals , I usually found that the most ...
... soon found that this principle constituted much too close a mesh . Where one of my objects was to determine the upper limit of intelligence reached by this and that class , order , or species of animals , I usually found that the most ...
Pagina 19
... sawdust , it will very soon make its way over the side of the watch - glass and get to it . ' This is certainly a remarkable observation : for it seems to show that the rhizopod distinguishes the presence of the PROTOZOA . 19.
... sawdust , it will very soon make its way over the side of the watch - glass and get to it . ' This is certainly a remarkable observation : for it seems to show that the rhizopod distinguishes the presence of the PROTOZOA . 19.
Pagina 38
... 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 inches high , cutting two small holes , so that the ants in passing from the ...
... 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 inches high , cutting two small holes , so that the ants in passing from the ...
Pagina 48
... soon as it discovered its situation , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and soon com- municated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the rescue ; some bit at the stone and tried to move it , others seized the prisoner by ...
... soon as it discovered its situation , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and soon com- municated the intelligence to the others . They rushed to the rescue ; some bit at the stone and tried to move it , others seized the prisoner by ...
Pagina 53
... the honey , but not allowing them to go home . If , then , they could summon their friends by sound , there ought soon to be many ants at the honey . ' The result showed that the ants were not able thus ANTS COMMUNICATION . 53.
... the honey , but not allowing them to go home . If , then , they could summon their friends by sound , there ought soon to be many ants at the honey . ' The result showed that the ants were not able thus ANTS COMMUNICATION . 53.
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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.