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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... tail , & c . , are by any accident destroyed , others will grow in their place . Their bodies are sometimes defended by a hard horny shield or covering ; and sometimes by a coriaceous integument . Some species have scales ; and others ...
... tail , & c . , are by any accident destroyed , others will grow in their place . Their bodies are sometimes defended by a hard horny shield or covering ; and sometimes by a coriaceous integument . Some species have scales ; and others ...
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... tail . From these shells the animal is never disengaged , and they defend it sufficiently from every enemy but man . The head is small , and , in the place of teeth , has hard and bony ridges . The upper jaw closes * This tribe ...
... tail . From these shells the animal is never disengaged , and they defend it sufficiently from every enemy but man . The head is small , and , in the place of teeth , has hard and bony ridges . The upper jaw closes * This tribe ...
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... tail , is deeply serrated . The head is large , flat , triangular , and covered with a warty skin . The mouth is wide , and the mandibles are sharp . The neck , though it appears short and thick when the animal is at rest , is capable ...
... tail , is deeply serrated . The head is large , flat , triangular , and covered with a warty skin . The mouth is wide , and the mandibles are sharp . The neck , though it appears short and thick when the animal is at rest , is capable ...
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... tail . We are informed that , for this purpose , they frequently lurk in the bottom of Creeks along the shore , into which the Crocodiles sometimes retire backwards , because the length of their body pre- vents them from turning readily ...
... tail . We are informed that , for this purpose , they frequently lurk in the bottom of Creeks along the shore , into which the Crocodiles sometimes retire backwards , because the length of their body pre- vents them from turning readily ...
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... tail to aid its motion in the water : this drops off as the legs become protruded . In this imperfect state , the animals have also a sort of gills or subsidiary lungs ; and several of them a small tube on the lower lip , by means of ...
... tail to aid its motion in the water : this drops off as the legs become protruded . In this imperfect state , the animals have also a sort of gills or subsidiary lungs ; and several of them a small tube on the lower lip , by means of ...
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