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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... manner acts somewhat like a wheel , as if the animal wished scarcely to raise its feet from the earth , and ... manners of one that was in posses- * La Cepede , i . 193 . † Ib . 1. 184. 186. Jusdy sion of a lady of his acquaintance ...
... manner acts somewhat like a wheel , as if the animal wished scarcely to raise its feet from the earth , and ... manners of one that was in posses- * La Cepede , i . 193 . † Ib . 1. 184. 186. Jusdy sion of a lady of his acquaintance ...
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... manner the animal lived , without the brain , for six months , walking about , and still moving its limbs as it did previously to the operation * . The males of this species are said to fight very often . This is done by butting at each ...
... manner the animal lived , without the brain , for six months , walking about , and still moving its limbs as it did previously to the operation * . The males of this species are said to fight very often . This is done by butting at each ...
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... manner as to leave out only a part of its back , appearing like a stone or rough piece of wood ; by which means it is enabled the more easily to lay hold of such snimals as unguardedly venture near it . 1 The two following Species are ...
... manner as to leave out only a part of its back , appearing like a stone or rough piece of wood ; by which means it is enabled the more easily to lay hold of such snimals as unguardedly venture near it . 1 The two following Species are ...
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... manner that we swallow food , Frogs cast their skins at certain periods . They arrive at full age in about five years , and are sup- posed to live to twelve or fifteen . Their voice is hoarse and unpleasant . They are so tenacious of ...
... manner that we swallow food , Frogs cast their skins at certain periods . They arrive at full age in about five years , and are sup- posed to live to twelve or fifteen . Their voice is hoarse and unpleasant . They are so tenacious of ...
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... manner , forming a large sphere beneath its head . It also exerts a very loud and sharp croak , that may be heard to a vast distance . The tadpoles become perfected about the beginning of August , and they soon afterwards begin to ...
... manner , forming a large sphere beneath its head . It also exerts a very loud and sharp croak , that may be heard to a vast distance . The tadpoles become perfected about the beginning of August , and they soon afterwards begin to ...
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