Animal Life: A First Book of ZoölogyD. Appleton, 1900 - Всего страниц: 329 |
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... existence should be the motive of the beginner in this fascinating study . The greatest facts of life , except that of life itself , are seen in the marvelously perfect meth- ods which Nature has adopted in the structure and habits of ...
... existence should be the motive of the beginner in this fascinating study . The greatest facts of life , except that of life itself , are seen in the marvelously perfect meth- ods which Nature has adopted in the structure and habits of ...
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... existence , 116 . -Selection by Nature , 117. - Adjustment to surroundings a re- sult of natural selection , 120. - Artificial selection , 120. - Depend- ence of species on species , 121 . VIII . - ADAPTATIONS . • • • Origin of ...
... existence , 116 . -Selection by Nature , 117. - Adjustment to surroundings a re- sult of natural selection , 120. - Artificial selection , 120. - Depend- ence of species on species , 121 . VIII . - ADAPTATIONS . • • • Origin of ...
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... existence of these chalk strata means that where now is land , in earlier geologic times were oceans , and that in the oceans Globi- gerinæ lived in countless numbers . Dying , their shells accumulated to form thick layers on the sea ...
... existence of these chalk strata means that where now is land , in earlier geologic times were oceans , and that in the oceans Globi- gerinæ lived in countless numbers . Dying , their shells accumulated to form thick layers on the sea ...
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... existence in such ex- traordinary numbers . They outnumber all other animals . Although serving as food for hosts of ocean animals , the marine Protozoa are the most abundant in individuals of all living animals . The conditions of life ...
... existence in such ex- traordinary numbers . They outnumber all other animals . Although serving as food for hosts of ocean animals , the marine Protozoa are the most abundant in individuals of all living animals . The conditions of life ...
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... existence . In the more complex way , two kinds of special reproductive cells are produced by each individual , viz . , large , inactive , spherical egg cells , and small , active sperm cells , each with an oval part or head ...
... existence . In the more complex way , two kinds of special reproductive cells are produced by each individual , viz . , large , inactive , spherical egg cells , and small , active sperm cells , each with an oval part or head ...
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adaptation adult alimentary canal Amaba ants artificial selection becomes bees beetles birds body wall breathing butterfly called cavity chitin CLASS colony color complex animals composed conjugation crab differentiation digestion divide division of labor ectoderm egg cells embryo existence feed female fertilized fish flagella free-swimming function gastrula Globigerinæ habits hatched higher animals honey-bee Hydra inclosed increase insects instinct intestine jelly-fishes kinds of animals larva larvæ layer live male mals mammals many-celled animals mass medusæ metamorphosis naturalists nerve nest nucleus ocean one-celled organs outer oxygen Pandorina papillæ Paramecium parasites parent perform plant-lice plants polyp prey primitive processes produced protoplasm Protozoa pseudopods pupa queen Radiolaria reproductive cells Sacculina sea-anemone shell simple simplest animals single cell special sense species sperm cells spherical sponge stage structure substance surface swimming tentacles tion tissues vertebrates Volvox Vorticella wings workers worms young
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Стр. 115 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair. Even slow-breeding man has doubled in twenty-five years, and at this rate, in less than a thousand years, there would literally not be standing room for his progeny.
Стр. 215 - He cannot be mistaken for any other, and his flaming vest and blue stockings show that he does not court concealment. He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took a few specimens home with me, and tried my fowls and ducks with them ; but none would touch them. At last, by throwing down pieces of meat, for which there was a great competition amongst them, I managed...
Стр. 20 - ... inhabitants of the water has followed a roundabout path from the surface to the bottom and then back into the water. When this fact is seen in all its bearings and its full significance is grasped, it is certainly one of the most notable and instructive features of evolution. The food-supply of marine animals consists of a few species of microscopic organisms which are inexhaustible and the only source of food for all the inhabitants of the ocean.
Стр. 116 - The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains to estimate its probable minimum rate of natural increase; it will be safest to assume that it begins breeding when thirty years old, and goes on breeding till ninety years old, bringing forth six young in the interval, and surviving till one hundred years old ; if this be so, after a period of from 740 to 750 years there would be nearly nineteen million elephants alive, descended from the first pair.