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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... the smaller species of snails , worms , and insects ; and the structure of their tongue is admirably adapted to seize and secure this prey the root is attached : I to the fore - part of the mouth , 24 THE COMMON FROG .
... the smaller species of snails , worms , and insects ; and the structure of their tongue is admirably adapted to seize and secure this prey the root is attached : I to the fore - part of the mouth , 24 THE COMMON FROG .
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... prey is secured on its broad and jagged glutinous extremity . This it swallows with so instantaneous a motion that the eye can scarcely follow it * . 25 Nothing can appear more awkward and ludi- crous than a Frog engaged with a large ...
... prey is secured on its broad and jagged glutinous extremity . This it swallows with so instantaneous a motion that the eye can scarcely follow it * . 25 Nothing can appear more awkward and ludi- crous than a Frog engaged with a large ...
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... prey of snails , worms , & c . they swallow whole * . These creatures are brought from the country , thirty or forty thousand at a time , to Vienna , and sold to the great dealers , who have conservatories for them , which are large ...
... prey of snails , worms , & c . they swallow whole * . These creatures are brought from the country , thirty or forty thousand at a time , to Vienna , and sold to the great dealers , who have conservatories for them , which are large ...
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... prey , it drags it into the water , instantly sinks with it to the bottom , and in this manner quickly drowns it . Sometimes it happens that the creature wounded by the Crocodile makes . its escape ; in which case , the latter pursues ...
... prey , it drags it into the water , instantly sinks with it to the bottom , and in this manner quickly drowns it . Sometimes it happens that the creature wounded by the Crocodile makes . its escape ; in which case , the latter pursues ...
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... prey far on shore ; and al- though his pace is tolerably rapid in a direct line , yet he is not sufficiently swift to overtake an active man who preserves his presence of mind . All the rivers of Guinea are pestered with vast shoals of ...
... prey far on shore ; and al- though his pace is tolerably rapid in a direct line , yet he is not sufficiently swift to overtake an active man who preserves his presence of mind . All the rivers of Guinea are pestered with vast shoals of ...
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