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Page 137
Once an intruder is seen the first - described pose is developed , not by any
hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The
same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns ...
Once an intruder is seen the first - described pose is developed , not by any
hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The
same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns ...
Page 360
The process in Stenorhynchus and Inachus has been described by Bateson as
follows : ' The crab takes a piece of weed in his two chel¿ , and neither snatching
nor biting it , deliberately tears it across as a man tears paper with his hands .
The process in Stenorhynchus and Inachus has been described by Bateson as
follows : ' The crab takes a piece of weed in his two chel¿ , and neither snatching
nor biting it , deliberately tears it across as a man tears paper with his hands .
Page 409
Both these observers describe a spider , itself un - ant - like , which is in the habit
of running about in a jerky ant - like manner ... This curious habit forms another
link in the chain of phenomena which culminate in the case described by Poulton
...
Both these observers describe a spider , itself un - ant - like , which is in the habit
of running about in a jerky ant - like manner ... This curious habit forms another
link in the chain of phenomena which culminate in the case described by Poulton
...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Contributor | Julian Sorell Huxley |
| Publisher | Methuen & Company, Limited, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 veeb. 2009 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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