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... Ants do the same thing if a fly is unfortunate enough to fall into their clutches . I venture to predict , however , that the fly is in no danger of extinction . It has no sociological impediments to reproduction ; its food supply is ...
... Ants do the same thing if a fly is unfortunate enough to fall into their clutches . I venture to predict , however , that the fly is in no danger of extinction . It has no sociological impediments to reproduction ; its food supply is ...
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... ants to read . The evidence was there on the top of the laboratory bench for everyone to see . A long line of minute cinnamon - colored ants which originated from some nook or cranny in the wall ( cinder block for economic reasons ) ...
... ants to read . The evidence was there on the top of the laboratory bench for everyone to see . A long line of minute cinnamon - colored ants which originated from some nook or cranny in the wall ( cinder block for economic reasons ) ...
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... Ants can be taught to run mazes , bees can be conditioned to certain colors . The famous ant of Professor Wheeler of Harvard learned to wait for the good professor to lift her up to the stage of his micro- scope , where there was food ...
... Ants can be taught to run mazes , bees can be conditioned to certain colors . The famous ant of Professor Wheeler of Harvard learned to wait for the good professor to lift her up to the stage of his micro- scope , where there was food ...
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