The tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height. Natural history. Reptiles - Page 15by Philip Henry Gosse - 1850Full view - About this book
| Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...of the other islands, chiefly feed on the succulent cactus. Those which frequent the higher and damp regions, eat the leaves of various trees, a kind of...quantities, and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands pounds, and measures in length, over the curve of the dorsal shell, 3 feet 8 J inches, and along the... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 524 pages
...parts of the others, chiefly feed on the succulent cactus. Those which frequent the higher and damp regions eat the leaves of various trees, a kind of...of water, drinking large quantities, and wallowing m the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 1040 pages
...berry (cafled guayavita) which is u-id and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous .'u-hen. that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone -i>ss*>ss springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation.... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 716 pages
...guayavita) which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale-green filamentous lichen (Usnera plicata), that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....The larger islands alone possess springs, and these aie always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height. The tortoises, therefore,... | |
| Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...afford some information concerning the tracks which occur in the sandstone of Dumfriesshire. " This tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities, and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands," speaking of the Galapagos, " alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central... | |
| William Somerville Orr - Science - 1855 - 564 pages
...Mr. Darwin has given the following interesting account of its habits. — " The Tortoise," he says, " is very fond of water, drinking large quantities,...mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and tbcse are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation. The Tortoises,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1859 - 720 pages
...planiceps, very similar to the preceding, is abundant in the Galapagos Islands. Mr. Darwin says it " is very fond of water, drinking large quantities,...alone possess springs, and these are always situated toward the central parts, and at a considerable elevation. The tortoises, therefore, which frequent... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 832 pages
...ari of the other islands, chiefly feed on the succulent cactus. Those which frequent the higher and regions, eat the leaves of various trees, a kind of...drinking large quantities, and wallowing in the mud. Tif » Emys caspica. f Testudo elcphantinn. J T. Indica. THE GREAT TORTOISE. 13 larger islands alone... | |
| John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...scientifically by the name of Testudo planiceps. Mr. Darwin writes as follows of this animal and its habits : " The Tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large...and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone produce springs, and these are always situated toward the central parts, and at a considerable elevation.... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 860 pages
...austere, anJ likewise a pale green filamentous lichen, that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the treea. "The tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities, and wallowing in the mud. TLe • Emys Caspian. f Testudo elephantina. J T. ludioa. THE GREAT TOETOISE. 13 larger islands alone... | |
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