Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 23
... surface of the bell , like a clapper or tongue . Now M'Crady observed this depending organ to be moved first to one side and then to the other side of the bell , in order to give suck to the larvæ on the sides of the bell - the larvæ ...
... surface of the bell , like a clapper or tongue . Now M'Crady observed this depending organ to be moved first to one side and then to the other side of the bell , in order to give suck to the larvæ on the sides of the bell - the larvæ ...
Pagina 26
... surface and quit their habitations . But if the animal is once seized when it comes to the surface and afterwards allowed to retire into its burrow , no amount of salt will force it again to come to the surface.1 6 With regard to snails ...
... surface and quit their habitations . But if the animal is once seized when it comes to the surface and afterwards allowed to retire into its burrow , no amount of salt will force it again to come to the surface.1 6 With regard to snails ...
Pagina 28
... surface as to be practically im- moreable without fracture . As the shells cannot be adapted daily to different forms of surface , the limpets generally return to the same place of attachment . I am sure this is the case with many ; for ...
... surface as to be practically im- moreable without fracture . As the shells cannot be adapted daily to different forms of surface , the limpets generally return to the same place of attachment . I am sure this is the case with many ; for ...
Pagina 29
George John Romanes. distorted and indented to suit inequalities in the surface of the flints . I noticed signs that limpets prefer a hard , smooth surface to a pit in the chalk . On one surface of a large block , over all sides of which ...
George John Romanes. distorted and indented to suit inequalities in the surface of the flints . I noticed signs that limpets prefer a hard , smooth surface to a pit in the chalk . On one surface of a large block , over all sides of which ...
Pagina 30
... surface of the water and descend the other side.1 According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda have an abstract idea of water , seeking to return to it when removed , even though they do not see it . But this probably arises from the sense ...
... surface of the water and descend the other side.1 According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda have an abstract idea of water , seeking to return to it when removed , even though they do not see it . But this probably arises from the sense ...
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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.