Animal intelligence (treatise).D. Appleton, 1882 - 520 pages |
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... once to the manner in which science looks upon it , or , at least , the manner in which it will always be looked upon throughout the present work . Without concerning ourselves with the origin of in- stincts , and so without reference ...
... once to the manner in which science looks upon it , or , at least , the manner in which it will always be looked upon throughout the present work . Without concerning ourselves with the origin of in- stincts , and so without reference ...
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... the jungle invariably fare worst , as the leeches , once warned of their approach , congregate with sin- gular celerity.1 1 Natural History of Ceylon , p . 481 . 25 CHAPTER II . MOLLUSCA . I SHALL treat of 24 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE .
... the jungle invariably fare worst , as the leeches , once warned of their approach , congregate with sin- gular celerity.1 1 Natural History of Ceylon , p . 481 . 25 CHAPTER II . MOLLUSCA . I SHALL treat of 24 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE .
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... 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 With regard to snails , L. Agassiz writes : Quiconque a eu l'occasion d'observer ...
... 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 With regard to snails , L. Agassiz writes : Quiconque a eu l'occasion d'observer ...
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... once drawn off from the garden to meet the danger at home , and the whole formi- carium was disorganised , the ants running up and down again in the utmost perplexity . Next day he found them busily employed bringing up the ant - food ...
... once drawn off from the garden to meet the danger at home , and the whole formi- carium was disorganised , the ants running up and down again in the utmost perplexity . Next day he found them busily employed bringing up the ant - food ...
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... once to be a foreigner , and is usually maltreated or put to death .. Huber found that when he removed an ant from a nest and kept it away from its companions for a period of four months it was still recog- nised as a friend , and ...
... once to be a foreigner , and is usually maltreated or put to death .. Huber found that when he removed an ant from a nest and kept it away from its companions for a period of four months it was still recog- nised as a friend , and ...
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Page 138 - A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to get to the trees the ants had to cross the rails, over which the waggons were continually passing and repassing. Every time they came along a number of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in crossing for some time, but at last set to work and tunnelled underneath each rail. One day, when the waggons were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest, they would...
Page 27 - Lonsdale, informs me that he placed a pair of landsnails (Helix pomatia), one of which was weakly, in a small and illprovided garden. After a short time the strong and healthy individual disappeared, and was traced by its track of slime over a wall into an adjoining well-stocked garden. Mr. Lonsdale concluded that it had deserted its sickly mate; but after an absence...
Page 300 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.