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Facts such as these , regarding general cryptic resemblance in the major
environments of the world , are too well ... found to predominate in other regions
only where green is aiso a constant feature of the environment , namely , on land
among ...
Facts such as these , regarding general cryptic resemblance in the major
environments of the world , are too well ... found to predominate in other regions
only where green is aiso a constant feature of the environment , namely , on land
among ...
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Such cases of background - picturing lead up to a more specialized condition in
which the resemblance has been carried yet further , and in which the animal
seems to simulate some definite object in the environment - a grass - stem , a leaf
, a ...
Such cases of background - picturing lead up to a more specialized condition in
which the resemblance has been carried yet further , and in which the animal
seems to simulate some definite object in the environment - a grass - stem , a leaf
, a ...
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areas of the reefs such splendors in color that the most brilliant fish could soon
find an environment to match without changing its own colour in the least ' ( 629 )
. It is clear , then , that animal coloration must be considered everywhere in terms
...
areas of the reefs such splendors in color that the most brilliant fish could soon
find an environment to match without changing its own colour in the least ' ( 629 )
. It is clear , then , that animal coloration must be considered everywhere in terms
...
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