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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... Nest attacked—Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them
—Indian plan of preventing their ascending young Trees—Leaf-cutting Ants are
fungus-growers and eaters— Sagacity of the Ants . © * e & g & 61 * CHAPTER WI
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... Nest attacked—Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them
—Indian plan of preventing their ascending young Trees—Leaf-cutting Ants are
fungus-growers and eaters— Sagacity of the Ants . © * e & g & 61 * CHAPTER WI
.
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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, some natives ran
down and saved it THE JAGUAR e to to to & & Frontispiece ALLIGATORS to
PAGE.
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, some natives ran
down and saved it THE JAGUAR e to to to & & Frontispiece ALLIGATORS to
PAGE.
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... another ant (Hypoclinea sp.), which bear their young in holes in rotten trunks of
fallen timber, and are very common in cleared places. The Ch. II.] PREY OF THE
ECITONS. 21 Ecitons hunt about 20 THE NATURATIST IN NICARAGUA. [Ch. II.
... another ant (Hypoclinea sp.), which bear their young in holes in rotten trunks of
fallen timber, and are very common in cleared places. The Ch. II.] PREY OF THE
ECITONS. 21 Ecitons hunt about 20 THE NATURATIST IN NICARAGUA. [Ch. II.
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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
the ...
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
the ...
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I have seen them pulling out the larvae and pupae 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 larvae and pupae 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 | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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