Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... possession was able to bend the snout to such an extent as to force food into its mouth . The European mole , flexible as is its mobile snout , possesses no such power , but is obliged to perform that task with its fore paws . Then ...
... possession was able to bend the snout to such an extent as to force food into its mouth . The European mole , flexible as is its mobile snout , possesses no such power , but is obliged to perform that task with its fore paws . Then ...
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... possession of the stones , and how the interior of the mimic rock is tenanted by these snake - necked , red - bodied , bright - eyed little creatures . Should they perchance see a Weasel poking its intelligent little head out of a ...
... possession of the stones , and how the interior of the mimic rock is tenanted by these snake - necked , red - bodied , bright - eyed little creatures . Should they perchance see a Weasel poking its intelligent little head out of a ...
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... possession of the burrows , and devour the inmates , thus procuring board and lodging at very easy rates . The rattlesnake at all events does so , the bodies of young Prairie Dogs having been found in its stomach . On the discovery of ...
... possession of the burrows , and devour the inmates , thus procuring board and lodging at very easy rates . The rattlesnake at all events does so , the bodies of young Prairie Dogs having been found in its stomach . On the discovery of ...
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... possession , and even after employing all the paraphernalia of ferrets , nets , and guns , two or three isolated individuals are apt to escape , and if they should chance to be of opposite sexes , the Rabbit host is mar- vellously soon ...
... possession , and even after employing all the paraphernalia of ferrets , nets , and guns , two or three isolated individuals are apt to escape , and if they should chance to be of opposite sexes , the Rabbit host is mar- vellously soon ...
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... possessed by the carnivorous animals of the regions wherein it resides . A specimen of the BAJJERKEIT , or SHORT - TAILED MANIS of India ( Manis pentadactyla ) , now before me , affords a good example of this weapon - resisting power ...
... possessed by the carnivorous animals of the regions wherein it resides . A specimen of the BAJJERKEIT , or SHORT - TAILED MANIS of India ( Manis pentadactyla ) , now before me , affords a good example of this weapon - resisting power ...
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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