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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... completing their home . They are so intent upon their labour , that they work all day and far into the evening ... completed their burrow , and had laid one egg , when they were again attacked by the fiery little bird , and obliged ...
... completing their home . They are so intent upon their labour , that they work all day and far into the evening ... completed their burrow , and had laid one egg , when they were again attacked by the fiery little bird , and obliged ...
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... completed its habitation , and that the addition to the surface was very rapid , for the spider is not remarkable for longevity , and yet , in its short life , three inches of soil had covered the entrance of its silken cell . Evidently ...
... completed its habitation , and that the addition to the surface was very rapid , for the spider is not remarkable for longevity , and yet , in its short life , three inches of soil had covered the entrance of its silken cell . Evidently ...
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... completed it looked very like a railway cutting , and performed a similar office . After completing this task , it looked about and found that there was another opening in the nest to which a road must be made , and straightway set to ...
... completed it looked very like a railway cutting , and performed a similar office . After completing this task , it looked about and found that there was another opening in the nest to which a road must be made , and straightway set to ...
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... completed , they are of very great strength , and are only the more consolidated by rain and heat . Before their completion , however , they do not appear to endure the extreme either of heat or moisture , and are taken to picces by the ...
... completed , they are of very great strength , and are only the more consolidated by rain and heat . Before their completion , however , they do not appear to endure the extreme either of heat or moisture , and are taken to picces by the ...
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... completed , the mother insect flies off in search of a caterpillar or spider , accord- ing to the species , and conveys it to the bottom of the tunnel , where a small chamber is excavated . She always enters the burrow backwards ...
... completed , the mother insect flies off in search of a caterpillar or spider , accord- ing to the species , and conveys it to the bottom of the tunnel , where a small chamber is excavated . She always enters the burrow backwards ...
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