The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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... Migration of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort
of madness amongst them - Indian plan of preventing them ascending young
trees — Leaf - cutting ants are fungus - growers and eaters - Sagacity of the ants .
... Migration of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort
of madness amongst them - Indian plan of preventing them ascending young
trees — Leaf - cutting ants are fungus - growers and eaters - Sagacity of the ants .
Page 9
... looking like logs in the water , excepting that one stretched up its head and
gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I
was told of one that had seized a full - grown horse , but its struggles being
observed.
... looking like logs in the water , excepting that one stretched up its head and
gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I
was told of one that had seized a full - grown horse , but its struggles being
observed.
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which rear their young in holes in rotten trunks of fallen timber , and are very
common in cleared places . The Ecitons hunt about in columns , which branch off
in . various directions . When a fallen log is reached , the Ch . II . ) PREY OF THE
...
which rear their young in holes in rotten trunks of fallen timber , and are very
common in cleared places . The Ecitons hunt about in columns , which branch off
in . various directions . When a fallen log is reached , the Ch . II . ) PREY OF THE
...
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I never saw the Ecitons injure the Hypoclineas themselves , they were always
contented with despoiling them of their young . The ant that is attacked is a very
cowardly species , and never shows fight . I often found it running about sipping
at ...
I never saw the Ecitons injure the Hypoclineas themselves , they were always
contented with despoiling them of their young . The ant that is attacked is a very
cowardly species , and never shows fight . I often found it running about sipping
at ...
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I have seen them pulling out the larv¿ and pup¿ from the cells of a large wasp '
s nest , whilst the wasps hovered about , powerless , before the multitude of the
invaders , to render any protection to their young . I have no doubt that many
birds ...
I have seen them pulling out the larv¿ and pup¿ from the cells of a large wasp '
s nest , whilst the wasps hovered about , powerless , before the multitude of the
invaders , to render any protection to their young . I have no doubt that many
birds ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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