Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... further reflection shows us that this is just what we cannot do ; for although it is true that there is no mind without the power of conscious choice , it is not true that all apparent choice is due to mind . In our own organisms , for ...
... further reflection shows us that this is just what we cannot do ; for although it is true that there is no mind without the power of conscious choice , it is not true that all apparent choice is due to mind . In our own organisms , for ...
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... ; and further , that scepticism of this kind is logically bound to deny evidence of mind , not only in the case of the lower animals , but also in that of the higher , and even in that of men other than INTRODUCTION . 5.
... ; and further , that scepticism of this kind is logically bound to deny evidence of mind , not only in the case of the lower animals , but also in that of the higher , and even in that of men other than INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... further examination , when I observed one of the spore - like cells had become ruptured , and that a portion of its protoplasm , charged with the triangular starch - grains , was slightly protruding through the crevice . It then struck ...
... further examination , when I observed one of the spore - like cells had become ruptured , and that a portion of its protoplasm , charged with the triangular starch - grains , was slightly protruding through the crevice . It then struck ...
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... further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the ants were observed to wave about and throw back their antennæ when the scented pencil was brought near . That ants track one another by scent ...
... further notice of the scent . This experiment left no doubt on my mind . " In other cases the ants were observed to wave about and throw back their antennæ when the scented pencil was brought near . That ants track one another by scent ...
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... further evidence showing how much more ants de- pend upon scent than upon sight in finding their way , the following experiment may be quoted . In the accompany- ing woodcut ( Fig . 2 ) the line marked 1 , 2 , 3 represents the edge of a ...
... further evidence showing how much more ants de- pend upon scent than upon sight in finding their way , the following experiment may be quoted . In the accompany- ing woodcut ( Fig . 2 ) the line marked 1 , 2 , 3 represents the edge of a ...
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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.