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19 YOUNG WOODCOCK IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 20 YOUNG ARCTIC
TERN IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 21 KASSINA SENEGALENSIS
MEGALIXALUS FORNASINII 22 SHINISAURUS CROCODILURUS
CORYTHOPHANES ...
19 YOUNG WOODCOCK IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 20 YOUNG ARCTIC
TERN IN NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 21 KASSINA SENEGALENSIS
MEGALIXALUS FORNASINII 22 SHINISAURUS CROCODILURUS
CORYTHOPHANES ...
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to the predominant tones of their surroundings as development proceeds . Such
modifications , known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow
and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as
...
to the predominant tones of their surroundings as development proceeds . Such
modifications , known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow
and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as
...
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When one considers the overwhelming variety of form and colour and pattern
exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings ,
it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance ...
When one considers the overwhelming variety of form and colour and pattern
exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings ,
it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance ...
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