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... behavior . The brilliant idea conceived by the biologist who first speculated on why some insects paraded around in their food was that they tasted with their feet . In retrospect it is the simplest thing in the world to test this idea ...
... behavior . The brilliant idea conceived by the biologist who first speculated on why some insects paraded around in their food was that they tasted with their feet . In retrospect it is the simplest thing in the world to test this idea ...
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... behavior could be elicited . The cricket could be made to rub its legs , sing , walk , or jump . Jumping was the least successful response , and the ultimate explanation shows how sympathetic one must be with his experimental animal ...
... behavior could be elicited . The cricket could be made to rub its legs , sing , walk , or jump . Jumping was the least successful response , and the ultimate explanation shows how sympathetic one must be with his experimental animal ...
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... behavior is inevitably constructed from elements of individual behavior , it is possible that some simple built - in dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we ...
... behavior is inevitably constructed from elements of individual behavior , it is possible that some simple built - in dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we ...
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