. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative. PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS BY ANIMALS. 513 (% 255). A similar tail is possessed by some of the Opos- sum tribe; and by the Chameleon among Fig. 255.—Will IE-THROATED CHAPTEE XIII. OF THE PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS : VOICE AND SFEECH. 675. It is not by their movements alone, that Animals are enabled to influence one another. Were it so, their commu- nication woidd be restricted to the small amount which can be efltected by signs and gestures. This, however, is necessa- rily the case amongst aquatic animals in general; since they are prevented
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative. PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS BY ANIMALS. 513 (% 255). A similar tail is possessed by some of the Opos- sum tribe; and by the Chameleon among Fig. 255.—Will IE-THROATED CHAPTEE XIII. OF THE PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS : VOICE AND SFEECH. 675. It is not by their movements alone, that Animals are enabled to influence one another. Were it so, their commu- nication woidd be restricted to the small amount which can be efltected by signs and gestures. This, however, is necessa- rily the case amongst aquatic animals in general; since they are prevented by the nature of the mediimi they breathe from producing sounds through its means. Some of them appear to have the power of communicating with each other by the vibrations which they can excite in the water; of this we have already noticed an example among the Whale tribe (§ 491); and tliei'e is reason to believe that certain Mollusks possess a similar means of communication. L L. 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 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London : H. G. Bohn
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