Animal Life: A First Book of ZoölogyD. Appleton, 1900 - 329 páginas |
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... burrows until conditions are favorable for their activity . Most snakes and lizards hibernate in cold weather . In the swamps of Louisiana , FIG . 80. - The giant gall of the white oak ( California ) , made by the gall insect Andri- cus ...
... burrows until conditions are favorable for their activity . Most snakes and lizards hibernate in cold weather . In the swamps of Louisiana , FIG . 80. - The giant gall of the white oak ( California ) , made by the gall insect Andri- cus ...
Página 144
... burrow . Those insects which live under- ground , making burrows or tunnels in the soil , have their legs or other parts adapted for dig- ging and burrowing . The mole cricket ( Fig . 84 ) has its legs stout and short , with broad ...
... burrow . Those insects which live under- ground , making burrows or tunnels in the soil , have their legs or other parts adapted for dig- ging and burrowing . The mole cricket ( Fig . 84 ) has its legs stout and short , with broad ...
Página 145
... burrows or tunnels . Insects that live in water either come up to the surface to breathe or take down air underneath their wings , or in some other way , or have gills for breathing the air which is mixed with the water . These gills ...
... burrows or tunnels . Insects that live in water either come up to the surface to breathe or take down air underneath their wings , or in some other way , or have gills for breathing the air which is mixed with the water . These gills ...
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... burrows ( Fig . 95 ) in a clay bank , live in large colonies - that is , they make their nest burrows close together in the same clay bank , but each female makes her own burrow , lays her own eggs in it , fur- nishes it with food - a ...
... burrows ( Fig . 95 ) in a clay bank , live in large colonies - that is , they make their nest burrows close together in the same clay bank , but each female makes her own burrow , lays her own eggs in it , fur- nishes it with food - a ...
Página 161
... burrow . As a well- known entomologist has said , Andrena builds villages com- posed of individual homes , while Halictus makes cities composed of apartment houses . The bumble - bee ( Fig . 96 ) , however , establishes a real community ...
... burrow . As a well- known entomologist has said , Andrena builds villages com- posed of individual homes , while Halictus makes cities composed of apartment houses . The bumble - bee ( Fig . 96 ) , however , establishes a real community ...
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Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy David Starr Jordan,Vernon Lyman Kellogg Visualização integral - 1900 |
Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy David Starr Jordan,Vernon Lyman Kellogg Visualização integral - 1912 |
Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy David Starr Jordan,Vernon Lyman Kellogg Visualização integral - 1900 |
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adaptation alimentary canal Amaba ants auditory barriers become bees birds body butterfly California called caterpillars cavity chitinous CLASS colony color common complex animals composed conjugation crab crustaceans differentiation digestive divide division ectoderm egg cells eyes fauna feed female fishes flagella free-swimming function habits hatched higher animals Hydra inclosed individuals insects instinct islands jelly-fishes kinds of animals larva larvæ layer live lower male mals mammals many-celled animals mass medusæ mimicry Monarch butterfly moth naturalists nerve nest nucleus ocean one-celled outer Pandorina papillæ Paramecium parasites parent plants polyp possess prey primitive processes produced protective resemblance protoplasm Protozoa pseudopods Radiolaria realm reflex action region reproductive cells River Sacculina simple simplest animals single cell smell special senses species sperm cells spherical spiders sponge stage streams structure substance surface swim tentacles tion trout vertebrates Volvox Vorticella wall wings worms young
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Página 115 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair. Even slow-breeding man has doubled in twenty-five years, and at this rate, in less than a thousand years, there would literally not be standing room for his progeny.
Página 88 - Fig. 145 are indistinguishably alike, but one embryo is sure to develop into a fish and the other into a salamander. This certainty of an embryo to become an individual of a certain kind is called the law of heredity.
Página 215 - He cannot be mistaken for any other, and his flaming vest and blue stockings show that he does not court concealment. He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took a few specimens home with me, and tried my fowls and ducks with them ; but none would touch them. At last, by throwing down pieces of meat, for which there was a great competition amongst them, I managed...
Página 164 - Russian naturalist, of the hunting habits of the great white-tailed eagle (Haliattos albicilla) on the Russian steppes shows that this kind of eagle at least has adopted a gregarious habit, in which mutual help is plainly obvious. This naturalist once saw an eagle high in the air, circling slowly and widely in perfect silence. Suddenly the eagle screamed loudly. " Its cry was soon answered by another eagle, which approached it, and was followed by a third, a fourth, and so on, till nine or ten eagles...