Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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... extremely tenacious of life , and some of them will continue to move and exert animal func- tions even destitute of their head or heart . - Their colours are often livid and disgusting ; though some are decorated with most splendid ...
... extremely tenacious of life , and some of them will continue to move and exert animal func- tions even destitute of their head or heart . - Their colours are often livid and disgusting ; though some are decorated with most splendid ...
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... extremely gentle and peaceable ; and few , except the Loggerhead and Fierce Turtles , make any resistance when taken . No animals whatever are more tenacious of life : even if their head be cut off , and their chest opened , they will ...
... extremely gentle and peaceable ; and few , except the Loggerhead and Fierce Turtles , make any resistance when taken . No animals whatever are more tenacious of life : even if their head be cut off , and their chest opened , they will ...
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... extremely convex , and broader behind than before . The middle part is blackish brown varied with yellow . The under part or belly of the shell is of a pale yellow , with a broad dark line down each side , leaving the middle part plain ...
... extremely convex , and broader behind than before . The middle part is blackish brown varied with yellow . The under part or belly of the shell is of a pale yellow , with a broad dark line down each side , leaving the middle part plain ...
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... extremely alarmed when surprised by a sudden shower of rain during its peregrinations for food . Though its shell would have secured it from injury , even if run over by the wheel of a loaded cart , yet it discovered as much solicitude ...
... extremely alarmed when surprised by a sudden shower of rain during its peregrinations for food . Though its shell would have secured it from injury , even if run over by the wheel of a loaded cart , yet it discovered as much solicitude ...
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... extremely painful , and probably dangerous to him . He therefore spent the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf , or amidst the waving forests of an as- paragus bed . But , as he endeavoured to avoid the heat in ...
... extremely painful , and probably dangerous to him . He therefore spent the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf , or amidst the waving forests of an as- paragus bed . But , as he endeavoured to avoid the heat in ...
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