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At 2 minutes a second bee was eaten , followed by convulsive movements of the
throat and general appearance of discomfort ... Having eaten a third bee shortly
after this , she now appeared to be afraid of the bees as they crawled around her
...
At 2 minutes a second bee was eaten , followed by convulsive movements of the
throat and general appearance of discomfort ... Having eaten a third bee shortly
after this , she now appeared to be afraid of the bees as they crawled around her
...
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22 , 23 , 26 , and 27 ) ; and ( 4 ) that the number of toads altogether refusing bees
throughout the respective experiments rises from 2 in Experiment I to 9 in
Experiment II . These experimental results appear the more striking when we ...
22 , 23 , 26 , and 27 ) ; and ( 4 ) that the number of toads altogether refusing bees
throughout the respective experiments rises from 2 in Experiment I to 9 in
Experiment II . These experimental results appear the more striking when we ...
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TABLE VII SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BEES EATEN BY INDIVIDUAL TOADS
OF GROUPS C , D AND E ON EACH OF SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS DURING
EXPERIMENTS I AND II RESPECTIVELY EXPERIMENT I Days : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...
TABLE VII SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BEES EATEN BY INDIVIDUAL TOADS
OF GROUPS C , D AND E ON EACH OF SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS DURING
EXPERIMENTS I AND II RESPECTIVELY EXPERIMENT I Days : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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