Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... remained by it and caught every one of them , even to the last , when it retired to another part of the field , as if instinctively conscious that there was nothing more to be got at the old place . But by far the greatest feat of this ...
... remained by it and caught every one of them , even to the last , when it retired to another part of the field , as if instinctively conscious that there was nothing more to be got at the old place . But by far the greatest feat of this ...
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... remained stationary on the daisy . More- over , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer , but ...
... remained stationary on the daisy . More- over , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer , but ...
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... remained quite free from the aphides until the end of May or the beginning of June . My joy was of short duration . One fine sunny morning I saw a surprising number of ants running quickly up and down the trunk of the tree ; this ...
... remained quite free from the aphides until the end of May or the beginning of June . My joy was of short duration . One fine sunny morning I saw a surprising number of ants running quickly up and down the trunk of the tree ; this ...
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... remained in concealment they were not disturbed , but as soon as they began to clear away their open disk war was declared . 6 MacCook , however , says that these ants are not always so jealous of territorial encroachment , or at least ...
... remained in concealment they were not disturbed , but as soon as they began to clear away their open disk war was declared . 6 MacCook , however , says that these ants are not always so jealous of territorial encroachment , or at least ...
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... remained upon the surface of the nest , but all were interred in the extramural cemeteries . Afterwards I removed the trays , and turned the contents of the formicarium upside down , and then I placed six trays on the surface of the ...
... remained upon the surface of the nest , but all were interred in the extramural cemeteries . Afterwards I removed the trays , and turned the contents of the formicarium upside down , and then I placed six trays on the surface of 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.