Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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Page 46
... leg of one of the strangers , which had unwarily been allowed to protrude through the meshes of the muslin . They worked and watched , though not , as far as I could see , with any system , till 7.30 in the evening , when they effected ...
... leg of one of the strangers , which had unwarily been allowed to protrude through the meshes of the muslin . They worked and watched , though not , as far as I could see , with any system , till 7.30 in the evening , when they effected ...
Page 47
... leg , and was trying to drag her through the muslin . All day the ants clustered round the bottle , and bit perseveringly , though not systematically , at the muslin . The same thing hap- pened all the following day . On repeating these ...
... leg , and was trying to drag her through the muslin . All day the ants clustered round the bottle , and bit perseveringly , though not systematically , at the muslin . The same thing hap- pened all the following day . On repeating these ...
Page 48
... legs and tugged with such force that I thought the legs would be pulled off , but they persevered until they got the captive free . I next covered one up with a piece of clay , leaving only the ends of its antennæ projecting . It was ...
... legs and tugged with such force that I thought the legs would be pulled off , but they persevered until they got the captive free . I next covered one up with a piece of clay , leaving only the ends of its antennæ projecting . It was ...
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... legs of the feeding slaves , reminded them that they were neglecting their duty . The slaves then imme- diately began to serve their masters with the sugar . Forel also has confirmed all these observations of Huber . Indeed , in the ...
... legs of the feeding slaves , reminded them that they were neglecting their duty . The slaves then imme- diately began to serve their masters with the sugar . Forel also has confirmed all these observations of Huber . Indeed , in the ...
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... legs and to snatch away the pupa . The Amazon lets its jaws slip slowly along the captive pupa , as far as the head of its opponent , and pierces it , if it does not , as generally happens , draw back . But it often manages to seize the ...
... legs and to snatch away the pupa . The Amazon lets its jaws slip slowly along the captive pupa , as far as the head of its opponent , and pierces it , if it does not , as generally happens , draw back . But it often manages to seize 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.