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... operation having been completed and the flea having recovered , the command " Jump ! " was given . The flea jumped . " Ah , " said the gentle- man obviously pleased , " he does not hear with his antennae . I shall now amputate his ...
... operation having been completed and the flea having recovered , the command " Jump ! " was given . The flea jumped . " Ah , " said the gentle- man obviously pleased , " he does not hear with his antennae . I shall now amputate his ...
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... operation . We called this the guillotine position . An advantage of working with flies which I failed to mention earlier is the low cost of surgical instruments . One needs only two cheap forceps honed to fine tips , a supply of insect ...
... operation . We called this the guillotine position . An advantage of working with flies which I failed to mention earlier is the low cost of surgical instruments . One needs only two cheap forceps honed to fine tips , a supply of insect ...
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... operation . A scientist came to the stockroom , pre- sented an erlenmeyer flask ( the kind with the thin neck ) , and requested one liter of White Leghorn feathers . With clumsy fingers the stock room man slowly stuffed feathers into ...
... operation . A scientist came to the stockroom , pre- sented an erlenmeyer flask ( the kind with the thin neck ) , and requested one liter of White Leghorn feathers . With clumsy fingers the stock room man slowly stuffed feathers into ...
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