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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... torpid state . During this season they are often found perfectly stiff , in holes under ice , or in water . They continue thus till revived by the returning warmth of spring . They then become reanimated , change their skin , and appear ...
... torpid state . During this season they are often found perfectly stiff , in holes under ice , or in water . They continue thus till revived by the returning warmth of spring . They then become reanimated , change their skin , and appear ...
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... torpid state . The Marine Tortoises , or Turtles , are distinguish- ed from the others by their large and long fin- shaped feet , in which are inclosed the bones of the toes ; the first and second only of each foot having visible or ...
... torpid state . The Marine Tortoises , or Turtles , are distinguish- ed from the others by their large and long fin- shaped feet , in which are inclosed the bones of the toes ; the first and second only of each foot having visible or ...
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... middle of the day . In the autumn it hides * SYNONYMS . - Testudo Græca . Linn . Common Land Tor- toise , Greek Tortoise .. · Shaw's Gen. Zool . vol . 3. tab . I. itself for the winter , remaining torpid for four or [ 28 ]
... middle of the day . In the autumn it hides * SYNONYMS . - Testudo Græca . Linn . Common Land Tor- toise , Greek Tortoise .. · Shaw's Gen. Zool . vol . 3. tab . I. itself for the winter , remaining torpid for four or [ 28 ]
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... torpid for four or five 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 ...
... torpid for four or five 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 ...
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... torpid creatures distin- guish the hand that fed it , and exhibit marks of gra- titude not always to be found in superior orders of animal being . It was a diurnal animal , never stir- ring out after dark , and very frequently appearing ...
... torpid creatures distin- guish the hand that fed it , and exhibit marks of gra- titude not always to be found in superior orders of animal being . It was a diurnal animal , never stir- ring out after dark , and very frequently appearing ...
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