. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. 20 Life and VENUS'S FLY-TRAP. How It Captures Insects. and as they stand at less than a right angle to each other, they have an excellent chance of capturing any intruder. The chief seat of the movement is near the mid-rib, but is not restricted to this part. Each lobe, when the lobes come together, curves inwards across its whole breadth, the margi- nal spikes a
. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. 20 Life and VENUS'S FLY-TRAP. How It Captures Insects. and as they stand at less than a right angle to each other, they have an excellent chance of capturing any intruder. The chief seat of the movement is near the mid-rib, but is not restricted to this part. Each lobe, when the lobes come together, curves inwards across its whole breadth, the margi- nal spikes alone not becoming curved. From the curving inwards of the two lobes, as they advance towards each other, the straight marginal spikes intercross by their apices at first, and ultimately by their bases. The leaf is then completely shut and encloses a shallow cavity. If made to shut merely by the touching of one of the sensitive fila- ments, or by the inclusion of an object not yielding soluble. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gentry, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1843-1905. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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