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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... feet , tail , & c . , are by any accident destroyed , others will grow in their place . Their bodies are sometimes defended by a hard horny shield or covering ; and sometimes by a coriaceous integument . Some species have scales ; and ...
... feet , tail , & c . , are by any accident destroyed , others will grow in their place . Their bodies are sometimes defended by a hard horny shield or covering ; and sometimes by a coriaceous integument . Some species have scales ; and ...
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... feet , but move by the assistance of scales and their general powers of contortion . Their jaws are di- latable , and not articulated . They have neither fins nor ears . THE TORTOISE TRIBE * . THIS is one of the AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS . 5.
... feet , but move by the assistance of scales and their general powers of contortion . Their jaws are di- latable , and not articulated . They have neither fins nor ears . THE TORTOISE TRIBE * . THIS is one of the AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS . 5.
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... feet to pass through , and the other , at the opposite end , for the hind - feet and tail . From these shells the animal is never disengaged , and they defend it sufficiently from every enemy but man . The head is small , and , in ...
... feet to pass through , and the other , at the opposite end , for the hind - feet and tail . From these shells the animal is never disengaged , and they defend it sufficiently from every enemy but man . The head is small , and , in ...
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... feet are rubbed separately , and one after another against the ground ; when one of the feet is placed on the ground , the inner claw first bears the weight of the body , and so on along the claws in succession to the outermost . The ...
... feet are rubbed separately , and one after another against the ground ; when one of the feet is placed on the ground , the inner claw first bears the weight of the body , and so on along the claws in succession to the outermost . The ...
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... feet or upwards ; and they sometimes exceed five or six hundred pounds in weight . Their shell is broader before than be- hind , where it is somewhat pointed . It consists of thirteen brownish divisions , surrounded by twenty- five ...
... feet or upwards ; and they sometimes exceed five or six hundred pounds in weight . Their shell is broader before than be- hind , where it is somewhat pointed . It consists of thirteen brownish divisions , surrounded by twenty- five ...
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