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The feeding reaction of a frog or toad is relatively a simple matter , being
fundamentally an automatic response — a ready ... ( 1 ) The Mistaken View that
Frogs and Toads are Indiscriminate Feeders — The earliest experiments bearing
on ...
The feeding reaction of a frog or toad is relatively a simple matter , being
fundamentally an automatic response — a ready ... ( 1 ) The Mistaken View that
Frogs and Toads are Indiscriminate Feeders — The earliest experiments bearing
on ...
Page 280
No sooner was the wasp seized than it was whipped into the mouth , and in turn
stung the frog ; the frog in turn showed a ... ( 2 ) Avoidance Reaction in Frogs —
The investigation by Schaeffer ( 557 ) to test the facility with which Frogs learned
to ...
No sooner was the wasp seized than it was whipped into the mouth , and in turn
stung the frog ; the frog in turn showed a ... ( 2 ) Avoidance Reaction in Frogs —
The investigation by Schaeffer ( 557 ) to test the facility with which Frogs learned
to ...
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We have , therefore , to account for the fact that of 11 , 585 food - animals which
were classified according to colour - status , and which were obtained from the
stomachs of no fewer than 993 tree - frogs , only 20 , or 0 : 17 per cent . , belong
to ...
We have , therefore , to account for the fact that of 11 , 585 food - animals which
were classified according to colour - status , and which were obtained from the
stomachs of no fewer than 993 tree - frogs , only 20 , or 0 : 17 per cent . , belong
to ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 mai 2006 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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