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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... substances on which they feed . Their voices are either harsh and unmusical , or else the animals are entirely dumb . 3 Most of the Amphibia are oviparous . The Reptiles , therefore , or those that have four legs , are denominated ...
... substances on which they feed . Their voices are either harsh and unmusical , or else the animals are entirely dumb . 3 Most of the Amphibia are oviparous . The Reptiles , therefore , or those that have four legs , are denominated ...
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... substances with their mouth . Aldrovandus assures us , that on offering a thick walking - stick to the gripe of one that he saw publicly exhibited at Bologna , the animal bit it in two in an instant * .- Their prin- cipal food is shell ...
... substances with their mouth . Aldrovandus assures us , that on offering a thick walking - stick to the gripe of one that he saw publicly exhibited at Bologna , the animal bit it in two in an instant * .- Their prin- cipal food is shell ...
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... substance that we call Tortoise - shell is the production of the Imbricated Turtlet , a species considerably allied to the present , that is found in the Asiatic and American seas , and sometimes in the Mediterranean . The plates of ...
... substance that we call Tortoise - shell is the production of the Imbricated Turtlet , a species considerably allied to the present , that is found in the Asiatic and American seas , and sometimes in the Mediterranean . The plates of ...
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... substances are generally found in their stomach . In many that Mr. Catesby examined there was nothing but muci- lage and large pieces of wood , some of which weigh- ed seven or eight pounds each : the angles were so worn down that he ...
... substances are generally found in their stomach . In many that Mr. Catesby examined there was nothing but muci- lage and large pieces of wood , some of which weigh- ed seven or eight pounds each : the angles were so worn down that he ...
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... substance . It then began to swallow it at the end that afforded the least resistance ; and in the act the throat suffered so great a dilatation , that it took in at once substance that was thrice its own thickness .严 According to the ...
... substance . It then began to swallow it at the end that afforded the least resistance ; and in the act the throat suffered so great a dilatation , that it took in at once substance that was thrice its own thickness .严 According to the ...
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