 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - 1838 - 610 pagine
...mouth. " Thus it exists," he concludes, " a life of rapine and destruction, enjoyed at the expence of the lives of thousands ; and as the objects of...the least opposition." * Latreille, in his " Hist, gener. et partic. des Crust, et Insectes," 1802, gives all Muller's species, retaining his names ;... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - 1838 - 620 pagine
...destruction, enjoyed at the expence of the lives of thousands ; and as the objects of VOL. II. NO. 11. E e its ravenous disposition are defenceless, so are they...the least opposition." * Latreille, in his " Hist, gener. et partic. des Crust, et Insectes," 1802, gives all Muller's species, retaining his names ;... | |
 | 1861 - 372 pagine
...the sport of their conquerors. The few moments of intermission its craving appetite grants them are occupied equally in the spoil, first pressing them...undevoured into the fluid, but should a more powerful animal oppose him, he immediately contracts his parts, and nothing more than the external covering... | |
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By numerous filaments which it darts forth, he says, it causes such motion in the water as to attract unresistingly the insects in the water to its mouth. " Thus it exists," he concludes, " a life of rapine and destruction, enjoyed at the expence of the... 