Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... tree from that which is now given in our diagrams . There is , indeed , a general and , philosophically considered , most important parallelism running through the whole animal kingdom between structural affinity and mental development ...
... tree from that which is now given in our diagrams . There is , indeed , a general and , philosophically considered , most important parallelism running through the whole animal kingdom between structural affinity and mental development ...
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... tree or tower , and it is during the flight that fertilisation is effected . After it is effected , the swarm returns to the ground , when the males perish , either from falling a prey , in their shelterless condition , to birds or ...
... tree or tower , and it is during the flight that fertilisation is effected . After it is effected , the swarm returns to the ground , when the males perish , either from falling a prey , in their shelterless condition , to birds or ...
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... trees or shrubs where the aphides live . Forel saw a tunnel of this kind which was taken up a wall and down again on ... tree , and contained aphides carefully tended by the ants . Huber records similar observations . Sir John Lubbock ...
... trees or shrubs where the aphides live . Forel saw a tunnel of this kind which was taken up a wall and down again on ... tree , and contained aphides carefully tended by the ants . Huber records similar observations . Sir John Lubbock ...
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... 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 took the trouble to clean and wash every bough , sprig , and bud before ...
... 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 took the trouble to clean and wash every bough , sprig , and bud before ...
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George John Romanes. workers returning to the nest from the tree on which the milk- ing was going on , a far smaller ... trees , at the outlets of the subterranean galleries , a number of ants were assembled , which were fed by the ...
George John Romanes. workers returning to the nest from the tree on which the milk- ing was going on , a far smaller ... trees , at the outlets of the subterranean galleries , a number of ants were assembled , which were fed by 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.