Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf ...
... leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf ...
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... leaf - cutting ant may here be stated . In June 1859 he found his garden invaded by these ants , and following up their paths he found their nest about a hundred yards read another paper before the Linn¿an Society , which contains some ...
... leaf - cutting ant may here be stated . In June 1859 he found his garden invaded by these ants , and following up their paths he found their nest about a hundred yards read another paper before the Linn¿an Society , which contains some ...
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... leaves , some small aphides , very much resembling those from my nest , though we had not actually traced them ... leaf - stalks of plants . The eggs are laid early in October on the food - plant of the in- sect . They are of no direct ...
... leaves , some small aphides , very much resembling those from my nest , though we had not actually traced them ... leaf - stalks of plants . The eggs are laid early in October on the food - plant of the in- sect . They are of no direct ...
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... leaves and sprouts , and thus completely delayed the development of the tree . As I perceived that the only reason for this was the action of the aphides , 1 determined to destroy them utterly . So in the March of the following year I ...
... leaves and sprouts , and thus completely delayed the development of the tree . As I perceived that the only reason for this was the action of the aphides , 1 determined to destroy them utterly . So in the March of the following year I ...
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... leaf - bugs are used as slaves by the ants in the Brazilian forests . When these ants want to bring home the leaves which they have bitten off the trees , they do it by means of a column of these bugs , which go in pairs , kept in order ...
... leaf - bugs are used as slaves by the ants in the Brazilian forests . When these ants want to bring home the leaves which they have bitten off the trees , they do it by means of a column of these bugs , which go in pairs , kept in order ...
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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.