The Illustrated Natural HistoryG. Routledge and Sons, 1863 - Всего страниц: 810 |
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... leaves , which it crops in a rather curious manner , biting them off sharply when fresh and crisp , but dragging them asunder when stringy , by putting the fore feet upon them , and pulling with the jaws . This Tortoise will drink milk ...
... leaves , which it crops in a rather curious manner , biting them off sharply when fresh and crisp , but dragging them asunder when stringy , by putting the fore feet upon them , and pulling with the jaws . This Tortoise will drink milk ...
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... leaves the water , and is seen on the banks of rivers or in meadows , even at a distance from its accustomed element . On land , his motions are awkward : he walks slowly , with his head , neck , and long tail extended , elevating ...
... leaves the water , and is seen on the banks of rivers or in meadows , even at a distance from its accustomed element . On land , his motions are awkward : he walks slowly , with his head , neck , and long tail extended , elevating ...
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... leaves . Such a misfortune has indeed been known to occur . Mr. Bell records an instance where a Snapping Turtle , that was being conveyed to England , contrived to reach the hand of one of the sailors in its fierce struggles , and bit ...
... leaves . Such a misfortune has indeed been known to occur . Mr. Bell records an instance where a Snapping Turtle , that was being conveyed to England , contrived to reach the hand of one of the sailors in its fierce struggles , and bit ...
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... leaves , grass and mud over them , smoothes it and deposits a second layer upon them . These eggs are then covered in a similar manner and another layer deposited until the mother reptile has laid from fifty to sixty eggs . Although ...
... leaves , grass and mud over them , smoothes it and deposits a second layer upon them . These eggs are then covered in a similar manner and another layer deposited until the mother reptile has laid from fifty to sixty eggs . Although ...
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... leaves them to be hatched by the warm sunbeams . Sandy banks with a southern aspect are the favoured resorts of this reptile , which scoops out certain shallow pits in the sand , deposits her eggs , covers them up , and then leaves them ...
... leaves them to be hatched by the warm sunbeams . Sandy banks with a southern aspect are the favoured resorts of this reptile , which scoops out certain shallow pits in the sand , deposits her eggs , covers them up , and then leaves them ...
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Стр. 351 - Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!
Стр. 351 - Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low- vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Стр. 351 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Стр. 25 - ... sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes.
Стр. 266 - In this manner the merciless pursuer seemed to stride along the sea with fearful rapidity, while his brilliant coat sparkled and flashed in the sun quite splendidly. As he fell headlong on the water at the end of each huge leap, a series of circles were sent far over the still surface, -which lay as smooth as a mirror.
Стр. 136 - ... than the rest, actually scans its lips, and almost without resistance becomes a meal for its enemy. During such a proceeding the snake is generally observed with its head raised about ten or twelve inches above the branch round which its body and tail are entwined, with its mouth open and its neck inflated, as if anxiously endeavouring to increase the terror which it would almost appear it was aware would sooner or later bring within its grasp some one of the feathered group. "Whatever may be...
Стр. 591 - The Birgos is diurnal in its habits; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its branchiae.
Стр. 348 - It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacula only, a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing...
Стр. 540 - ... able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion. Those which are in good condition often perish soon after the bite is inflicted, with staggering and blindness, as if the brain were affected by it. Sudden changes of temperature produced by falls of rain seem to hasten the progress of the complaint; but in general, the emaciation goes on uninterruptedly for months, and do what we will, the poor animals perish miserably.
Стр. 540 - ... begin to run, the coat stares as if the animal were cold, a swelling appears under the jaw, and sometimes at the navel ; and, though the animal continues to graze, emaciation commences, accompanied with a peculiar flaccidity of the muscles, and this proceeds unchecked until, perhaps months afterward, purging comes on, and the animal, no longer able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion.