For some time after a visit to the springs, their urinary bladders are distended with fluid, which is said gradually to decrease in volume, and to become less pure. The inhabitants, when walking in the lower district, and overcome with thirst, often take... Natural history. Reptiles - Page 16by Philip Henry Gosse - 1850Full view - About this book
| Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 pages
...such seems to be the case with the tortoise. For some time after a visit to the springs, the urinary bladder of these animals is distended with fluid,...killing a tortoise, and if the bladder is full, drinking Us contents. In one I saw killed, the fluid was quite limpid, and had only a very slightly bitter taste.... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 524 pages
...to be the case with the tortoise. For some time after a visit to the springs, the urinary blad der of these animals is distended with fluid, which is...overcome with thirst, often take advantage of this circum stance, by killing a tortoise, and if the bladder is full, drinking its contents. In one I saw... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 1040 pages
...the springs, the urinary blad ier of these animals is distended with fluid, which is said rradually to decrease in volume and to become less pure. The...overcome with thirst, often take advantage of this circum stance, by killing a tortoise, and if the bladder is full, drinking its contents. In one I saw... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 716 pages
...tortoise. For some time after a visit to the springs, their urinary bladders are distended with Suid, which is said gradually to decrease in volume, and...thirst, often take advantage of this circumstance, and drink the contents of- the bladder if full: in one I saw killed the fluid was quite limpid, and... | |
| William Somerville Orr - Science - 1855 - 566 pages
...water, a^d then returns to the lower country For some time after a visit to the springs, the urinary bladder of these animals is distended with fluid,...gradually to decrease in volume, and to become less pore. The inhabitants, when walking in the lower district, and overcome with thirst, often take advantage... | |
| John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...water, and then returns to the lower country. For some time after a visit to the springs the bladder is distended with fluid, which is said gradually to...less pure. The inhabitants, when walking in the lower districts, and overcome with thirst, often take advantage of this circumstance by killing a .Tortoise,... | |
| John George Wood - Natural history - 1863 - 840 pages
...country. For some time after a visit to the springs the bladder is distended with fluid, which is •id gradually to decrease in volume, and to become less pure. The inhabitants, when •aOnag in the lower districts, and overcome with thirst, often take advantage of this iinadnu by... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1871 - 546 pages
...the case with the tortoise. For some time after a visit to the springs, their urinary bladders are distended with fluid, which is said gradually to decrease...thirst, often take advantage of this circumstance, and drink the contents of the bladder if full : in one I saw killed, the fluid was quite limpid, and... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1872 - 758 pages
...water, and then returns to the lower country. For some time after a visit to the springs, tl:e urinary bladder of these animals is distended with fluid,...of this circumstance by killing a tortoise, and if th -. bladder is full, drinking its contents. In one I saw killed the fluid was quite limpid, and ha.... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1884 - 574 pages
...the case with the tortoise. For some time after a visit to the springs, their urinary bladders are distended with fluid, which is said gradually to decrease...and overcome with thirst, often take advantage of thia circumstance, and drink the contents of the bladder if full : in one I saw killed, the fluid was... | |
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