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... sugar and place a drop on the needle by deftly flicking the needle in and out of the solution . A supple wrist aids greatly . Now , under the microscope or magnifying glass , in the nearby light of a strong lamp , coax the drop from the ...
... sugar and place a drop on the needle by deftly flicking the needle in and out of the solution . A supple wrist aids greatly . Now , under the microscope or magnifying glass , in the nearby light of a strong lamp , coax the drop from the ...
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... drop of sugar and some unkind biologist removed the drop as soon as the fly had had the briefest of tastes , the poor beast would begin to dance . It reminds one of a person dancing in anger or frus- tration . The dance lacks perfection ...
... drop of sugar and some unkind biologist removed the drop as soon as the fly had had the briefest of tastes , the poor beast would begin to dance . It reminds one of a person dancing in anger or frus- tration . The dance lacks perfection ...
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... drop of sugar . One really cannot say that it is searching for there is no way of knowing . In the sense that a ... drop from where it might have inadvertently strayed . But this dance for all its crudity as compared with the Waggle ...
... drop of sugar . One really cannot say that it is searching for there is no way of knowing . In the sense that a ... drop from where it might have inadvertently strayed . But this dance for all its crudity as compared with the Waggle ...
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