Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... round the cell , at last arrived at the crevice , from which it extricated one of the grains of starch mentioned , and then crept off to a good dis- tance . Presently , however , it returned to the same cell ; and although there were ...
... round the cell , at last arrived at the crevice , from which it extricated one of the grains of starch mentioned , and then crept off to a good dis- tance . Presently , however , it returned to the same cell ; and although there were ...
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... round its body . This mark of affection , too much like that frequently evinced at the other end of the scale , even where there is a mind for its control , did not long remain with- out interpretation . There was a young acineta ...
... round its body . This mark of affection , too much like that frequently evinced at the other end of the scale , even where there is a mind for its control , did not long remain with- out interpretation . There was a young acineta ...
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... round these fragments was free from limpets ; but on the smooth surface of the pieces of shell they were packed as closely as they could be . I noticed another case , which almost amounts , to my mind , to a proof that they prefer a ...
... round these fragments was free from limpets ; but on the smooth surface of the pieces of shell they were packed as closely as they could be . I noticed another case , which almost amounts , to my mind , to a proof that they prefer a ...
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... round the spot where the coveted object first stood . Then they would retrace their steps : towards the nest , wander hither and thither from side to side between the nest and the point A , and only after very repeated efforts around ...
... round the spot where the coveted object first stood . Then they would retrace their steps : towards the nest , wander hither and thither from side to side between the nest and the point A , and only after very repeated efforts around ...
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... round so that the side which had been turned towards the nest was away from it , and vice versa , the ants always returned over the same track on the board , and , in consequence , directly away from home . If I moved my board to the ...
... round so that the side which had been turned towards the nest was away from it , and vice versa , the ants always returned over the same track on the board , and , in consequence , directly away from home . If I moved my board to 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.