Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... female is also a very tame animal , and was a great favourite of its late owner , following him about like a dog , and residing chiefly in his coat pocket . In spite of the formidable foes by which it is attacked , and which take up ...
... female is also a very tame animal , and was a great favourite of its late owner , following him about like a dog , and residing chiefly in his coat pocket . In spite of the formidable foes by which it is attacked , and which take up ...
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... female preparing her cradle with this soft fur , and note how perseveringly she denudes her breast of its covering . Much stress has been laid on the self - sacrifice exhibited by the animal , but I cannot believe that there is any ...
... female preparing her cradle with this soft fur , and note how perseveringly she denudes her breast of its covering . Much stress has been laid on the self - sacrifice exhibited by the animal , but I cannot believe that there is any ...
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... females roam freely about during the winter months . The habit of partial hibernation is common to most , if not to all true Bears , and we find that the White Bear of the Polar regions , the Brown Bear of Europe , and the Black Bear of ...
... females roam freely about during the winter months . The habit of partial hibernation is common to most , if not to all true Bears , and we find that the White Bear of the Polar regions , the Brown Bear of Europe , and the Black Bear of ...
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... female , who was sitting upon eight eggs . With very great care he removed the fragile nest , and transferred it to the British Museum , where it may be seen by any one who will look for it in 60 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
... female , who was sitting upon eight eggs . With very great care he removed the fragile nest , and transferred it to the British Museum , where it may be seen by any one who will look for it in 60 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
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... female ; and so intent is the bird upon its work , that it may be captured by hand by thrust- ing the arm into the burrow . The average length of the tunnel is about three feet , and it is seldom straight , taking a more or less curved ...
... female ; and so intent is the bird upon its work , that it may be captured by hand by thrust- ing the arm into the burrow . The average length of the tunnel is about three feet , and it is seldom straight , taking a more or less curved ...
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Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
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