THE 'MENTAL LIFE OF ;F-ISHES
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With suspicion every creature that_.apprbaches the nest With
or without evil intentions, whethergit be another StickIe—back, a newt, a water—beetle
Awater—scorpion
(Nepa) in one of Evers’ aqua—a was seized by the cautious
-
builder thirty times for Emere, and carried in his mouth over
to the opposite side offthe aqüarium.
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'
.
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“ When the Stickleback has
his building opera—
tions, he endeavoürs to attract a female to the nest.
..
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_.
.
The
male distinctly shows his delight at the arrival of the female,
swims round herin‘ all directions, enters the nest, -sweeps
it out, returns in a moment, and tries to drive the female
,
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in by thrusting“at her from behind with his snout.
she
will not obey of her own accord, he also employs his spines,
or at least his caudal n,
reluctance ; but
in case ofneed another female is fetched.”
'
,
—If a man hadto build a house for himself, could he do
any better?
may call it instinct, but-in the tting of
the different parts
another, the—selection of the
materials and. the_;feaÏless
taken Of
and
property, the
sur‘ely displaysïreasoningpowers
of-a high Order. — Some one has Ïremarkeäd, “that Wet—should
'
be poor creatüres to=standup against the SticklebackS.1if
_
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they. were as
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'?Whilst the house built by, the Strokleback
,
highest level of craftmaship
interesting method ofÏadapting simple means to
a denitè
'
end is shown bythe
a”re
'
fréshwater
very Small,
to; India Ïand
the _.Malay Arch1pelago,
only one Species‘in Africa.
They
and their—habits studied 111
northern countries,
and ‘ the United
States.
Like other related.shesÿ(Àhàbatoids) they possesS
an acCesS0ry breathing
addition to the gills,ànd
the
extra Supply of -z,oxygen thùsêobtaiired-5Probäblÿ
their high Spirits and mode of
'The .remaln—
ing ' Labyrinthici, as they have :: been
th? OPhIO-C‘Ë'
phalidæ and Anabantidæ, have:n0tlearnt this hab1t,however :
iso
that the - Bubble—nest
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are
—
3 5 5
?
With suspicion every creature that_.apprbaches the nest With
or without evil intentions, whethergit be another StickIe—back, a newt, a water—beetle
Awater—scorpion
(Nepa) in one of Evers’ aqua—a was seized by the cautious
-
builder thirty times for Emere, and carried in his mouth over
to the opposite side offthe aqüarium.
»_
'
'
.
—
»
“ When the Stickleback has
his building opera—
tions, he endeavoürs to attract a female to the nest.
..
-
_.
.
The
male distinctly shows his delight at the arrival of the female,
swims round herin‘ all directions, enters the nest, -sweeps
it out, returns in a moment, and tries to drive the female
,
'
in by thrusting“at her from behind with his snout.
she
will not obey of her own accord, he also employs his spines,
or at least his caudal n,
reluctance ; but
in case ofneed another female is fetched.”
'
,
—If a man hadto build a house for himself, could he do
any better?
may call it instinct, but-in the tting of
the different parts
another, the—selection of the
materials and. the_;feaÏless
taken Of
and
property, the
sur‘ely displaysïreasoningpowers
of-a high Order. — Some one has Ïremarkeäd, “that Wet—should
'
be poor creatüres to=standup against the SticklebackS.1if
_
'
they. were as
;— 5
=
"
'?Whilst the house built by, the Strokleback
,
highest level of craftmaship
interesting method ofÏadapting simple means to
a denitè
'
end is shown bythe
a”re
'
fréshwater
very Small,
to; India Ïand
the _.Malay Arch1pelago,
only one Species‘in Africa.
They
and their—habits studied 111
northern countries,
and ‘ the United
States.
Like other related.shesÿ(Àhàbatoids) they possesS
an acCesS0ry breathing
addition to the gills,ànd
the
extra Supply of -z,oxygen thùsêobtaiired-5Probäblÿ
their high Spirits and mode of
'The .remaln—
ing ' Labyrinthici, as they have :: been
th? OPhIO-C‘Ë'
phalidæ and Anabantidæ, have:n0tlearnt this hab1t,however :
iso
that the - Bubble—nest
"
are