Each one places itself on the surface of a leaf, and cuts with its sharp scissors-like jaws a nearly semicircular incision on the upper side ; it then takes the edge between its jaws, and by a sharp jerk detaches the piece. Sometimes they let the leaf... The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... - Page 627 by Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 774 lehte Full view -
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