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Indeed , so largely does experience enter into and modify our perception of
objects , that many people are quite unable to accept what the eye gives them ,
but only what they have learned to expect it is giving them : they see only what
they ...
Indeed , so largely does experience enter into and modify our perception of
objects , that many people are quite unable to accept what the eye gives them ,
but only what they have learned to expect it is giving them : they see only what
they ...
Page 55
Various objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way
that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or
masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture .
Various objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way
that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or
masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture .
Page 337
... in bringing about special procryptic and anticryptic resemblances to different
natural objects which are inedible to an ... of spiders and crabs , snakes and
geckos , frogs and fishes to such diverse objects as coral , sea grass and
seaweeds ...
... in bringing about special procryptic and anticryptic resemblances to different
natural objects which are inedible to an ... of spiders and crabs , snakes and
geckos , frogs and fishes to such diverse objects as coral , sea grass and
seaweeds ...
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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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