Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... creature . On perusing the work , the attentive reader will probably discover that various animals are placed in one class when they might very well be in another . The reason is , that many creatures , such as the wasp , the ant , the ...
... creature . On perusing the work , the attentive reader will probably discover that various animals are placed in one class when they might very well be in another . The reason is , that many creatures , such as the wasp , the ant , the ...
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... creature would , without the least hesitation , devour a serpent twenty feet in length , and so terrible would be its voracity , that it would eat twenty or thirty of such snakes in the course of a day . With one grasp of its teeth and ...
... creature would , without the least hesitation , devour a serpent twenty feet in length , and so terrible would be its voracity , that it would eat twenty or thirty of such snakes in the course of a day . With one grasp of its teeth and ...
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... creature gives the skin a sharp and power- ful shake , which throws off at once the whole of the mould that has collected upon the fur . Some amount of dust still retains its hold , for , however clean the fur of a Mole may seem to be ...
... creature gives the skin a sharp and power- ful shake , which throws off at once the whole of the mould that has collected upon the fur . Some amount of dust still retains its hold , for , however clean the fur of a Mole may seem to be ...
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... creature . Immediately after death the snout of the Mole is flexible and elastic , spring- ing back when bent , as if cut from solid India - rubber . But in a very few hours it becomes stiff , unsightly , and shrivelled , and loses all ...
... creature . Immediately after death the snout of the Mole is flexible and elastic , spring- ing back when bent , as if cut from solid India - rubber . But in a very few hours it becomes stiff , unsightly , and shrivelled , and loses all ...
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... creature so common , or who experience any feelings save those of con- tempt or disgust , when they see a Mole ... creatures reside within their burrows during the day , and are therefore seldom seen in a living state , except by those ...
... creature so common , or who experience any feelings save those of con- tempt or disgust , when they see a Mole ... creatures reside within their burrows during the day , and are therefore seldom seen in a living state , except by those ...
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abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young