Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... body of the worm between the sharp points . Some writers say that the Mole eats snails and other molluscs , but I am disposed to doubt that assertion . I have kept several Moles and never saw them eat anything but worms . They even ...
... body of the worm between the sharp points . Some writers say that the Mole eats snails and other molluscs , but I am disposed to doubt that assertion . I have kept several Moles and never saw them eat anything but worms . They even ...
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... body of its victim , eating the still warm and bleeding flesh , and instantly searching for fresh prey . Such a creature would , without the least hesitation , devour a serpent twenty feet in length , and so terrible would be its ...
... body of its victim , eating the still warm and bleeding flesh , and instantly searching for fresh prey . Such a creature would , without the least hesitation , devour a serpent twenty feet in length , and so terrible would be its ...
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... body , continually committing this error , and it is to their mingled ignorance and obstinacy that the savage nature of so many animals is due . A horse , for example , strays into some spot where he has no business , and is immediately ...
... body , continually committing this error , and it is to their mingled ignorance and obstinacy that the savage nature of so many animals is due . A horse , for example , strays into some spot where he has no business , and is immediately ...
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... body through all the deviating passages , and kills every Chipping Squirrel which it finds . One of these ... bodies were found in the nursery when the burrow was opened . The nest is made of dried leaves of various kinds , and in it the ...
... body through all the deviating passages , and kills every Chipping Squirrel which it finds . One of these ... bodies were found in the nursery when the burrow was opened . The nest is made of dried leaves of various kinds , and in it the ...
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... body . This chamber is the point from which a great number of pas- sages radiate , and from these other tunnels are driven . These radiating burrows evidently serve two purposes , enabling the animal to escape in any direction when ...
... body . This chamber is the point from which a great number of pas- sages radiate , and from these other tunnels are driven . These radiating burrows evidently serve two purposes , enabling the animal to escape in any direction when ...
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abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young