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Now unlike many of the latter , frogs are poorly equipped for escapethey cannot
fly , and at best their powers of locomotion are relatively feeble . Moreover , their
principal enemies - snakes and birds — are known to depend largely upon vision
...
Now unlike many of the latter , frogs are poorly equipped for escapethey cannot
fly , and at best their powers of locomotion are relatively feeble . Moreover , their
principal enemies - snakes and birds — are known to depend largely upon vision
...
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The feeding reaction of a frog or toad is relatively a simple matter , being
fundamentally an automatic response — a ready ... ( 1 ) The Mistaken View that
Frogs and Toads are Indiscriminate Feeders — The earliest experiments bearing
on ...
The feeding reaction of a frog or toad is relatively a simple matter , being
fundamentally an automatic response — a ready ... ( 1 ) The Mistaken View that
Frogs and Toads are Indiscriminate Feeders — The earliest experiments bearing
on ...
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No sooner was the wasp seized than it was whipped into the mouth , and in turn
stung the frog ; the frog in turn showed a ... ( 2 ) Avoidance Reaction in Frogs —
The investigation by Schaeffer ( 557 ) to test the facility with which Frogs learned
to ...
No sooner was the wasp seized than it was whipped into the mouth , and in turn
stung the frog ; the frog in turn showed a ... ( 2 ) Avoidance Reaction in Frogs —
The investigation by Schaeffer ( 557 ) to test the facility with which Frogs learned
to ...
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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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