The Harmonies of Nature; Or, The Unity of CreationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... claw , and yet repair its losses and survive . When desirous to wander , the Sea - anemones have several modes of locomotion . Relaxing the tenacious grasp of their muscular stalk , they glide slowly along ; or , turning themselves ...
... claw , and yet repair its losses and survive . When desirous to wander , the Sea - anemones have several modes of locomotion . Relaxing the tenacious grasp of their muscular stalk , they glide slowly along ; or , turning themselves ...
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... claws which tip the fila- ments that clothe its body . Thus the crinoid star - fishes have mostly disappeared , but the asteroidea , forming the two great subdivisions of the snake- THE ASTEROIDEE . 133 stars and star - fishes , 132 THE ...
... claws which tip the fila- ments that clothe its body . Thus the crinoid star - fishes have mostly disappeared , but the asteroidea , forming the two great subdivisions of the snake- THE ASTEROIDEE . 133 stars and star - fishes , 132 THE ...
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... claws of a crab in miniature , ) are called by naturalists pedicellariæ , and were formerly regarded as parasitic creatures ; but from the accurate ob- servations of Mr. Gosse , there can be no doubt that , though their uses are still ...
... claws of a crab in miniature , ) are called by naturalists pedicellariæ , and were formerly regarded as parasitic creatures ; but from the accurate ob- servations of Mr. Gosse , there can be no doubt that , though their uses are still ...
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... claws , which are evidently necessary , to pre- vent their being washed away during the rapid evolutions of their enormous victims . In the terres- trial species of the Oniscidæ , popularly known by the name of Wood - lice , the large ...
... claws , which are evidently necessary , to pre- vent their being washed away during the rapid evolutions of their enormous victims . In the terres- trial species of the Oniscidæ , popularly known by the name of Wood - lice , the large ...
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... claws , when under the influence of terror . This curious process of self - amputation seems to be effected very easily , and without apparent pain , as they run off upon their remaining legs as if nothing had happened . The separation ...
... claws , when under the influence of terror . This curious process of self - amputation seems to be effected very easily , and without apparent pain , as they run off upon their remaining legs as if nothing had happened . The separation ...
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