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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... hatched by the sun . In those few species that are viviparous , the eggs are regularly formed , but hatched internally this is the case with the Viper and some others . ?? In cold and temperate climates , nearly all the Am- phibia pass ...
... hatched by the sun . In those few species that are viviparous , the eggs are regularly formed , but hatched internally this is the case with the Viper and some others . ?? In cold and temperate climates , nearly all the Am- phibia pass ...
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... hatched in September , at which time the young are not larger than a walnut * . done The Common Tortoise is an animal that , for the extreme slowness of its motions , has been ever noto- rious , both in antient and modern times . This ...
... hatched in September , at which time the young are not larger than a walnut * . done The Common Tortoise is an animal that , for the extreme slowness of its motions , has been ever noto- rious , both in antient and modern times . This ...
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... hatched , and the young- ones come forth . The Tortoises are kept in banks of earth t . THE SNAKE TORTOISE § . This animal inhabits the stagnant waters of North * La Cepede , i . 189 . + Shaw's Gen. Zool . iii . 9 . Skippon's Travels ...
... hatched , and the young- ones come forth . The Tortoises are kept in banks of earth t . THE SNAKE TORTOISE § . This animal inhabits the stagnant waters of North * La Cepede , i . 189 . + Shaw's Gen. Zool . iii . 9 . Skippon's Travels ...
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... their eggs at three , and sometimes four different times , fourteen days asunder , so that the young are hatched and come forth also at different times . After having deposited the eggs , they scratch the hole 18 THE GREEN TURTLE ..
... their eggs at three , and sometimes four different times , fourteen days asunder , so that the young are hatched and come forth also at different times . After having deposited the eggs , they scratch the hole 18 THE GREEN TURTLE ..
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... hatched by the heat of the sun , which is generally done in about three weeks . The eggs are each about the size of a tennis - ball , round , white , and covered with a parchment - like skin * . Sir Hans Sloane has informed us that the ...
... hatched by the heat of the sun , which is generally done in about three weeks . The eggs are each about the size of a tennis - ball , round , white , and covered with a parchment - like skin * . Sir Hans Sloane has informed us that the ...
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