Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... attach- ments as in all other phases of their nature . At that time , two male Moles cannot meet without a mortal jealousy , and they straightway begin to fight , scratching , tearing , and biting with such insane fury , that they seem ...
... attach- ments as in all other phases of their nature . At that time , two male Moles cannot meet without a mortal jealousy , and they straightway begin to fight , scratching , tearing , and biting with such insane fury , that they seem ...
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... attached to the skin that it falls off as easily as the hairs of a cat in summer , and its evulsion produces no such disastrous effects as would follow the forcible plucking out of human hair . No raw and bleeding surface is seen when ...
... attached to the skin that it falls off as easily as the hairs of a cat in summer , and its evulsion produces no such disastrous effects as would follow the forcible plucking out of human hair . No raw and bleeding surface is seen when ...
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... attached along the spine , and on the top of the head . does not merely protect the back , but when it reaches the inser- tion of the tail , turns suddenly downwards as if on hinges , and forms a kind of flap over the hind - quarters ...
... attached along the spine , and on the top of the head . does not merely protect the back , but when it reaches the inser- tion of the tail , turns suddenly downwards as if on hinges , and forms a kind of flap over the hind - quarters ...
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... attached to the lower surface of the abdomen , and are washed off by the surf . Large numbers of the crabs may be seen upon their journey , which they prose- cute so eagerly that they suffer no opposition to deter them from their ...
... attached to the lower surface of the abdomen , and are washed off by the surf . Large numbers of the crabs may be seen upon their journey , which they prose- cute so eagerly that they suffer no opposition to deter them from their ...
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... as to fit the orifice with perfect accuracy , and attached to the tube by a tolerably wide hinge , so that when it closes it does not fall to either side , but comes true and fair upon the opening which it 116 . HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
... as to fit the orifice with perfect accuracy , and attached to the tube by a tolerably wide hinge , so that when it closes it does not fall to either side , but comes true and fair upon the opening which it 116 . HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
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