 I think this is as curious a case of instinct as ever I heard of, and likewise of adaptation in structure between two objects apparently so remote from each other in the scheme of nature, as a crab and a cocoa-nut tree.  Charles Darwin, His Life and Work - Стр. 115авторы: Charles Frederick Holder - 1891 - Страниц: 295Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1842 - Страниц: 514
...aid of its posterior and narrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance. I think this is as curious a case of instinct as ever I heard...scheme of nature as a crab and a cocoanut tree. The crabs inhabit deep burrows which they excavate beneath the roots of trees, and here they accumulate... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - Страниц: 430
...aid of its posterior and narrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albummous substance. I think this is as curious a case of instinct as ever I heard...from each other in the scheme of nature as a crab and cocoa-nut tree. — Researches in Geology and Natural History. MEADOW-LEATHER. Professor Kersten, of... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 854
...posterior and narrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance. ' I think,' adds Mr Darwin, ' this is as curious a case of instinct as...scheme of nature, as a crab and a cocoa-nut tree.' The burgos is dormant in its habits ; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 432
...aid of its posterior and nnrrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance." I think this is as curious a case of instinct as ever I heard...remote from each other in the scheme of nature, as •: crab and a cocoa-nut. — WILLIAM T. I l:i,i- to make Old Oak. — The appearance of old oukmaybu... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - Страниц: 472
...aid of its posterior and narrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance. I think this is as curious a case of instinct as ever I heard...scheme of nature, as a crab and a cocoanut tree." 4. Habitation. — Shakspeare has said of the snail, " He carries his house on his head." The same... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1857 - Страниц: 584
...of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance. I think this is as curious a case as I ever heard of, and likewise of adaptation in structure...scheme of nature as a crab and a cocoa-nut tree. The IKiyue is diurnal in its habits ; but it is said to pay every night a visit to the eea for the purpose... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1858 - Страниц: 588
...nut. I think this as curious a case of instinct as ever was heard of, and likewise of adaptation of structure between two objects apparently so remote...each other in the scheme of nature as a crab and a cocoa-nut-tree. This crab is diurnal in its habits, but every night it is said to pay a visit to the... | |
 | 1859 - Страниц: 512
...posterior and narrow pair of pincers, it extracts the white albuminous substance. I think," continues Mr. Darwin, " this is as curious a case of instinct as...scheme of nature as a crab and a cocoa-nut tree." " It has been stated by some authors that the Birgos crawls up the cocoa-nut trees for the purpose... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - Страниц: 830
...as curious a case of instinct as ever was heard of, and likewise of adaptation of structure between objects apparently so remote from each other in the scheme of nature as a crab and a cocoa-nut tree. This crab is diurnal in its habits, but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1865 - Страниц: 624
...surprising quantities of picked cocoa-nut husks, on which it rests as on a bed. Its habits are dinrnal, but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea for the purpose of moistening its branchiaa. It is very good to eat, and the fat accumulated under... | |
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