. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. C'RESTKD 'i-n I' AHMED CKAIi.—VV/iv/id w.!ii(/,.. at tlic joint immediately hdow tlio wdiind, and then seems to recover itself from the shock. This faculty is very needful to creatures who di'pend upon their claws for olitiiinini,' food, and who are so quarrelsom(> in dis[iosition. As lias already been mentioned, the crustaceans liasse(l, a vi'ry small but jierfect claw is seen to i»rotrude. This new member grows reg
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. C'RESTKD 'i-n I' AHMED CKAIi.—VV/iv/id w.!ii(/,.. at tlic joint immediately hdow tlio wdiind, and then seems to recover itself from the shock. This faculty is very needful to creatures who di'pend upon their claws for olitiiinini,' food, and who are so quarrelsom(> in dis[iosition. As lias already been mentioned, the crustaceans liasse(l, a vi'ry small but jierfect claw is seen to i»rotrude. This new member grows regularly though slowlv, and so in process of time the creature is with its full complement of linilis. Every one has noticed the iVei[uent inecpudity in the size of lobsters' claws, how one side is armed with a hnne weapon nearly as large as a man's hand, wliile the other can only boast of a puny, 8oft-shell(>d claw an inch or so in length. This ine(|uality is the result of .some injury thiithas been inflicted on the lind) from which the little claw has s}n'0uted, and in almost every instance the original claw has l)eeu lost in battle. After the moult, and the induing of a fresh suit of armour, the growth of the new claw proceeds more rapidly. It nmst be noticed that this ])ower of reproduction of a lost or injured niendier always (lenutes that the ereatun; ])ossessing this caimbility is not very higldy organized. Very it w ot tile Vertebrates, and mostly belonging to the reptiles, are able to reproduce a lost n^iember, and even in these few instances, the restorati\'e power is very limited. A 3. Q Q. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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