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... trail of lip prints , hardly the kind suitable for lipstick ads but nonetheless instructive . Proboscis extension has been seen thousands of times by thousands of people but few have been either struck by the sanitary aspects of the act ...
... trail of lip prints , hardly the kind suitable for lipstick ads but nonetheless instructive . Proboscis extension has been seen thousands of times by thousands of people but few have been either struck by the sanitary aspects of the act ...
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... trails . As far as we know , the fly does not deposit a trail ; nevertheless , he is able to follow an artificial trail . One day in the laboratory I astounded my students by show- ing them a fly so well educated that he could write my ...
... trails . As far as we know , the fly does not deposit a trail ; nevertheless , he is able to follow an artificial trail . One day in the laboratory I astounded my students by show- ing them a fly so well educated that he could write my ...
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... trails because a permanent trail cannot be laid down in the shifting breezes . This is probably one reason why honeybees have evolved a com- munications dance . On the other hand , odors in the air are useful for navigation . Think of ...
... trails because a permanent trail cannot be laid down in the shifting breezes . This is probably one reason why honeybees have evolved a com- munications dance . On the other hand , odors in the air are useful for navigation . Think of ...
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