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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... months without food . They are able , from the peculiar structure of their organs , to suspend respiration at pleasure ; and thus to support a change of element uninjured . It is generally asserted , and believed , that the hearts of ...
... months without food . They are able , from the peculiar structure of their organs , to suspend respiration at pleasure ; and thus to support a change of element uninjured . It is generally asserted , and believed , that the hearts of ...
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... months , and not again making its appearance till the spring . About the beginning of June , the female scratches a hole in some warm situation , in which she deposits her four or five eggs . These are hatched in September , at which ...
... months , and not again making its appearance till the spring . About the beginning of June , the female scratches a hole in some warm situation , in which she deposits her four or five eggs . These are hatched in September , at which ...
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... 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 other , and with such force that the blows may be ...
... 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 other , and with such force that the blows may be ...
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... months without Shaw.- * SYNONYMS . Testudo Mydas . Linn . Common Green Turtle . Common Turtle . Esculeut Turtle . Green Turtle . Shaw's Gen. Zool . vol . 3. tab . 22 . ↑ La Cepede , i . 80 . food , they flock peaceably together . They ...
... months without Shaw.- * SYNONYMS . Testudo Mydas . Linn . Common Green Turtle . Common Turtle . Esculeut Turtle . Green Turtle . Shaw's Gen. Zool . vol . 3. tab . 22 . ↑ La Cepede , i . 80 . food , they flock peaceably together . They ...
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... month of April , they go in their boats to the coasts of Cuba , and some of the neighbouring islands , where , in the evenings and moonlight nights , they watch the going and returning of the animals to and from the shore , where they ...
... month of April , they go in their boats to the coasts of Cuba , and some of the neighbouring islands , where , in the evenings and moonlight nights , they watch the going and returning of the animals to and from the shore , where they ...
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