Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... interesting account of a medusa which carries its larvæ on the inner sides of its bell- shaped body . The manubrium , or mobile digestive cavity 1 For an account of the natural movements of the Medusa and the effects of stimulation upon ...
... interesting account of a medusa which carries its larvæ on the inner sides of its bell- shaped body . The manubrium , or mobile digestive cavity 1 For an account of the natural movements of the Medusa and the effects of stimulation upon ...
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... interesting work on the habits of earth - worms . It appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent ...
... interesting work on the habits of earth - worms . It appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent ...
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... interesting animals . According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda show un 1 Journal Linn . Soc . vol . xiv . p . 406 et seq . 2 Mag . Nat . Hist . 1831 , vol . iv . p . 346 . 3 Thieresche Wille , § 78 . mistakable evidence of consciousness ...
... interesting animals . According to Schneider , the Cephalopoda show un 1 Journal Linn . Soc . vol . xiv . p . 406 et seq . 2 Mag . Nat . Hist . 1831 , vol . iv . p . 346 . 3 Thieresche Wille , § 78 . mistakable evidence of consciousness ...
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... interesting branch of comparative psychology , it will be found that the chapter is constituted principally of a statement of observa- tions and experiments which have been conducted during the short period named . The observers to whom ...
... interesting branch of comparative psychology , it will be found that the chapter is constituted principally of a statement of observa- tions and experiments which have been conducted during the short period named . The observers to whom ...
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... interesting to ascertain whether ants of the genus Atta show a similarly graduated intole- rance to the light in different parts of the spectrum ; for both Moggridge and MacCook record of this genus that it not only does not shun the ...
... interesting to ascertain whether ants of the genus Atta show a similarly graduated intole- rance to the light in different parts of the spectrum ; for both Moggridge and MacCook record of this genus that it not only does not shun the ...
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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.