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Page 243
Interested in this , they walked round the animal , pretending to take no notice of it
, and on again looking round at it , the polecat was found to have turned over , so
that once more the stripy back was directed towards them . They then repeated ...
Interested in this , they walked round the animal , pretending to take no notice of it
, and on again looking round at it , the polecat was found to have turned over , so
that once more the stripy back was directed towards them . They then repeated ...
Page 371
In such cases , the display begins at a distance from the nest , and attention is
directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies
the attention is directed to the place where the head is not . Every countryman
has ...
In such cases , the display begins at a distance from the nest , and attention is
directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies
the attention is directed to the place where the head is not . Every countryman
has ...
Page 428
Such things are directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the
attention of potential enemies in the first ... as visual stimuli have evolved parallel
with the highly specialized sensory equipment against which they are directed .
Such things are directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the
attention of potential enemies in the first ... as visual stimuli have evolved parallel
with the highly specialized sensory equipment against which they are directed .
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