I observed him separate the tail and the head from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze wafting the wings of the fly turned him round... Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior - Page 541by William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 663 lehteFull view - About this book
| 1794 - 544 lehte
...fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. 1 then difiinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firll one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flew away with it unmoleiied by the wind. 4 Go, thou fluggard, learn arts and induilry from the bee, and from the ant... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1800 - 676 lehte
...fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firft one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flew away with it unmolefted by the wind. Go, thou fluggard, learn arts and induftry from the bee, and from the ant !... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 552 lehte
...fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinctly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firft one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flew away with it unmolefted by the wind. Go, thou fluggard, learn arts and induftry from the bee, and from the ant !... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 548 lehte
...fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinctly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firft one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flew away with it unmolefted by the wind. Go, thou fluggard, learn arts and induftry from the bee, and from the ant !... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 lehte
...gentle breeze wafting the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with it upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut...which he flew away with it unmolested by the wind." A Wasp carrying out a dead companion from the nest, if she finds ft too heavy, cuts off the head, and... | |
| Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - 1817 - 452 lehte
...caleulated for their respective habitations.* breeze wafting the wings of the fly turned him round in the air and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut oft' wilh his mouth first one of the wings and then the other, after which he flew away with it unmolested... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 lehte
...two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze wafting the wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon...Go, proud reasoner, and call the worm thy sister! XVII. Conclusion. It was before observed how much the superior accuracy of our sense of touch contributes... | |
| 1822 - 184 lehte
...round in the air, and he settled a^ain with it upon the gravel. 1 then distinctly observed him cutofT, with his mouth, first one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flsw away withit unmolested by the wind." A wasp earning out a dead companion from the nest, if she... | |
| 1824 - 190 lehte
...rose about two feet from the ground. A gentle breeze •wafting the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. He then cut off with his mouth, first one of the wings, and then the other, after which he flew away... | |
| George Combe - 1842 - 524 lehte
...two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle breeze wafting the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon...other, after which he flew away with it unmolested with the wind.' Zoonomia : Instinct. The works of the two Hubers Sur ka moeurs de fourmis indigènes,... | |
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