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... hairs . The fly is a marvelously hirsute beast . One usually thinks of hair as something to be combed , brushed , and eternally cut or to be removed from animals and turned into coats . In short , one tends to think of hair as purely ...
... hairs . The fly is a marvelously hirsute beast . One usually thinks of hair as something to be combed , brushed , and eternally cut or to be removed from animals and turned into coats . In short , one tends to think of hair as purely ...
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... hairs clothing the end of the pro- boscis . If you succeed in this , slowly roll the drop up the shaft of the hair . While this is going on , the heat of the lamp begins to evaporate the alcohol in the drop with three bene- ficial ...
... hairs clothing the end of the pro- boscis . If you succeed in this , slowly roll the drop up the shaft of the hair . While this is going on , the heat of the lamp begins to evaporate the alcohol in the drop with three bene- ficial ...
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... hair . As soon as this is bent the proboscis extends with its usual alacrity . Obviously the nerve cell in the hair has become adapted . Before it recovers , place a drop of water on the hair . Im- mediately , the hair , which was made ...
... hair . As soon as this is bent the proboscis extends with its usual alacrity . Obviously the nerve cell in the hair has become adapted . Before it recovers , place a drop of water on the hair . Im- mediately , the hair , which was made ...
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