Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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Page 59
... building materials for the dwelling . ' ' Education . The young ant does not appear to come into the world with a full instinctive knowledge of all its duties as a member of a social community . It is led about the nest , and trained to ...
... building materials for the dwelling . ' ' Education . The young ant does not appear to come into the world with a full instinctive knowledge of all its duties as a member of a social community . It is led about the nest , and trained to ...
Page 61
... build covered ways , or tunnels , to the trees or shrubs where the aphides live . Forel saw a tunnel of this kind which was taken up a wall and down again on the other side , in order to secure a safe covered way from the nest to the ...
... build covered ways , or tunnels , to the trees or shrubs where the aphides live . Forel saw a tunnel of this kind which was taken up a wall and down again on the other side , in order to secure a safe covered way from the nest to the ...
Page 63
... Build- ings at Karlsruhe , who related the following on May 24 , 1876 , under the title , Ants as Founders of Aphides ' Colonies : ' — ' Of ¿ wo equally strong young weeping ashes , which I planted in my garden at Kattowitz , in Upper ...
... Build- ings at Karlsruhe , who related the following on May 24 , 1876 , under the title , Ants as Founders of Aphides ' Colonies : ' — ' Of ¿ wo equally strong young weeping ashes , which I planted in my garden at Kattowitz , in Upper ...
Page 64
... building and working within the nest , leave to the others the care of providing food for themselves as well as for the younger and helpless members ; they thus have a claim to receive from time to time a reciprocal toll of gratitude ...
... building and working within the nest , leave to the others the care of providing food for themselves as well as for the younger and helpless members ; they thus have a claim to receive from time to time a reciprocal toll of gratitude ...
Page 66
... build its own nest , does not determine its own migrations , does not collect food for itself or for its fellows , and ... building materials and food for themselves , their slaves and larvæ . So that the masters in this country receive ...
... build its own nest , does not determine its own migrations , does not collect food for itself or for its fellows , and ... building materials and food for themselves , their slaves and larvæ . So that the masters in this country receive ...
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Page 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret.
Page 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.
Page i - ANIMAL LIFE AS AFFECTED BY THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE.
Page 359 - ... knee. He was ill three days, during which time I nursed him ; kept him apart from his fellows, that they might not molest him (for, like many other wild animals, they persecute one of their own species that is sick) and, by constant care, and trying him with a variety of herbs, restored him to perfect health. No creature...
Page 11 - For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any laws of mechanism, but, according to the best notions of the greatest philosophers, is an immediate impression from the first mover, and the divine energy acting in the creatures.