Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... soon accomplished . If he desires to be peculiarly comfortable , he may stick a few dried bushes on the windward side of the hole , and hang a skin on them ; but it is only on very wet and windy days that he will take so much trouble ...
... soon accomplished . If he desires to be peculiarly comfortable , he may stick a few dried bushes on the windward side of the hole , and hang a skin on them ; but it is only on very wet and windy days that he will take so much trouble ...
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... soon as it enters the domicile , before it can find a passage to the upper gallery . By continual pressure of the Mole's fur , the walls of the passages and the roof of the central chamber become quite smooth , hard and polished , so ...
... soon as it enters the domicile , before it can find a passage to the upper gallery . By continual pressure of the Mole's fur , the walls of the passages and the roof of the central chamber become quite smooth , hard and polished , so ...
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... soon as it sees an intruder , it gives a sharp yelp of alarm , and dives into its burrow , its little feet knocking together with a ludicrous flourish as it disappears . In every direction a similar scene is enacted . Warned by the well ...
... soon as it sees an intruder , it gives a sharp yelp of alarm , and dives into its burrow , its little feet knocking together with a ludicrous flourish as it disappears . In every direction a similar scene is enacted . Warned by the well ...
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... soon reproduced . The creature becomes a parent at a very early age , and by the time that a Rabbit is a year old , it may have attained the dignity of a grandparent As is the case with most animals , the Rabbit 26 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
... soon reproduced . The creature becomes a parent at a very early age , and by the time that a Rabbit is a year old , it may have attained the dignity of a grandparent As is the case with most animals , the Rabbit 26 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
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... soon as he pushes his way under the gate , he gets such a shower of swan - shot about his ears that he yelps in sudden terror , and dives back again . On such occa- sions he always comes up to me , as if to report himself , and I always ...
... soon as he pushes his way under the gate , he gets such a shower of swan - shot about his ears that he yelps in sudden terror , and dives back again . On such occa- sions he always comes up to me , as if to report himself , and I always ...
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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