| Henry Walter Bates - 1863 - 452 lehte
...laziness. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their antennae with their fore-feet ; but the drollest sight was their cleaning one another....forth first one leg and then another, to be brushed or washed by one or more of its comrades, who performed the task by passing the limb between .the jaws... | |
| 1875 - 592 lehte
...and plundering right and left, they seem to have been all smitten with a sudden fit of laziness. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their...forth first one leg and then another, to be brushed or washed by one or more of its comrades, who performed the task by passing the limb between the jaws... | |
| 1875 - 374 lehte
...laziness. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their antennae with their fore-feet; but the drollest sight was their cleaning one another....forth first one leg and then another, to be brushed or washed by one or more of its comrades, who performed the task by passing the limb between the jaws... | |
| 1875 - 806 lehte
...their fore-feet ; but the drollest sight is their cleaning one another. Here and there an ant may be seen, stretching forth first one leg and then another,...brushed and washed by one or more of its comrades, who perform the task by passing the limb between the jaws and the tongue, finishing by giving the antenna;... | |
| Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 176 lehte
...plundering right and left, they seemed to nave been all smitten with a sudden fit of laziness. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their antennae with their fore feet ; but the drollest eight was their cleaning one another. Here and there an ant was seen stretching forth first one leg... | |
| Boys - 1881 - 392 lehte
...plundering right and left, they seemed to have been all smitten with a sudden fit of laziness. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their...another, to be brushed and washed by one or more of his comrades, who performed the task by passing the limb between the jaws and the tongue, and finishing... | |
| George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 lehte
...agility. Similarly, Bates thus describes the cleansing process in another genus of ants (Ecitons) : — Here and there an ant was seen stretching forth first...the task by passing the limb between the jaws and tongue, finishing by giving the antennae a friendly wipe. Habits of Play and Leisure. — The life... | |
| Mary Hield - 1882 - 280 lehte
...their feet ; but what is the most comical sight is to see them clean each other. An ant stretches out first one leg and then another to be brushed and washed by one of its companions, who accomplishes the task by passing the leg between its jaws, and then finishing... | |
| George John Romanes - 1892 - 552 lehte
...left, they seemed to have been all smitten with a sudden fit of laziness. Some were walking sternly about, others were brushing their antennae with their...fore- feet ; but the drollest sight was their cleaning each other. [Here follows the nbove-quoted passage.] The actions of these ants looked like simple indulgence... | |
| Richard Lydekker - 1901 - 346 lehte
...they bestow much care upon their toilet, assisting each other in this respect. Bates writes that ' ' here and there an ant was seen stretching forth first...the task by passing the limb between the jaws and tongue, finishing off by giving the antennae a friendly wipe." Recreations, too, are not unknown to... | |
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