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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... eyes : the upper part is covered with somewhat irregular scales . The legs are short , and the feet moderately broad and covered with strong ovate scales . The tail is somewhat shorter than the legs ; it is also covered with scales ...
... eyes : the upper part is covered with somewhat irregular scales . The legs are short , and the feet moderately broad and covered with strong ovate scales . The tail is somewhat shorter than the legs ; it is also covered with scales ...
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... eyes , which it never afterwards opened . In a short time the hole was observed to close , and in about three days a complete skin covered the wound : in this manner the animal lived , without the brain , for six months , walking about ...
... eyes , which it never afterwards opened . In a short time the hole was observed to close , and in about three days a complete skin covered the wound : in this manner the animal lived , without the brain , for six months , walking about ...
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... eye during calm wea- ther . Amid these submarine pastures , a number of marine animals are found ; and , among them , prodigious multitudes of Turtles . In these mea- dows , as they may be called , the Green Turtle is often seen , in ...
... eye during calm wea- ther . Amid these submarine pastures , a number of marine animals are found ; and , among them , prodigious multitudes of Turtles . In these mea- dows , as they may be called , the Green Turtle is often seen , in ...
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... eye there is a patch or mark that reaches to the setting - on of the fore - legs . Its appearance is lively , and its form on the whole by no means inelegant . The limbs are well calcu- lated for aiding the peculiar motions of the ...
... eye there is a patch or mark that reaches to the setting - on of the fore - legs . Its appearance is lively , and its form on the whole by no means inelegant . The limbs are well calcu- lated for aiding the peculiar motions of the ...
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... eye can scarcely follow it * . 25 Nothing can appear more awkward and ludi- crous than a Frog engaged with a large Worm or a small snake ; for nature seems to have put a re- straint upon the voracity of these animals , by form- ing them ...
... eye can scarcely follow it * . 25 Nothing can appear more awkward and ludi- crous than a Frog engaged with a large Worm or a small snake ; for nature seems to have put a re- straint upon the voracity of these animals , by form- ing them ...
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