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... particular food . Precisely how the mechanism of specific hunger operates is a mystery . It is not a phenomenon confined to the higher animals , and therefore may conceivably work in a simple manner . Flies exhibit a specific hunger ...
... particular food . Precisely how the mechanism of specific hunger operates is a mystery . It is not a phenomenon confined to the higher animals , and therefore may conceivably work in a simple manner . Flies exhibit a specific hunger ...
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