Animal Life: A First Book of ZoölogyD. Appleton, 1900 - 329 páginas |
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... eye , and yet there are thousands of different kinds of them , and they may be found wherever there is water . In a ... eyes . These , too , are animals of considerable com- plexity . But if a single drop of the water be placed on a ...
... eye , and yet there are thousands of different kinds of them , and they may be found wherever there is water . In a ... eyes . These , too , are animals of considerable com- plexity . But if a single drop of the water be placed on a ...
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... eye as a tiny white . or greenish gelatinous particle attached to some submerged stone or bit of wood or aquatic plant , is a simple cylinder attached by one end to the stone or weed . The other free end is contracted so as to be ...
... eye as a tiny white . or greenish gelatinous particle attached to some submerged stone or bit of wood or aquatic plant , is a simple cylinder attached by one end to the stone or weed . The other free end is contracted so as to be ...
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... eyes and no ears , and trust to more primitive means to discover food or avoid enemies , the higher animals have extraordinarily complex organs for seeing and hearing , two functions which are accessory only to such a principal function ...
... eyes and no ears , and trust to more primitive means to discover food or avoid enemies , the higher animals have extraordinarily complex organs for seeing and hearing , two functions which are accessory only to such a principal function ...
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... eyes are both on the upper side of the body , and the lower side is blind and colorless . When the flounder is hatched it is a transparent fish , broad and flat , swimming vertically in the water , with an eye on each side . As its ...
... eyes are both on the upper side of the body , and the lower side is blind and colorless . When the flounder is hatched it is a transparent fish , broad and flat , swimming vertically in the water , with an eye on each side . As its ...
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... eyes and sockets are transferred by twisting of the skull to ALN FIG . 51. The wide - eyed flounder ( Platophrys lunatus ) . Adult , showing both eyes on upper side of head . the upper side . In some related forms or soles the small eye ...
... eyes and sockets are transferred by twisting of the skull to ALN FIG . 51. The wide - eyed flounder ( Platophrys lunatus ) . Adult , showing both eyes on upper side of head . the upper side . In some related forms or soles the small eye ...
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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...