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... animal sacri- fice . A wide variety of animals have served as sacrificial offerings . In ancient Greece and India , for example , obla- tions included a number of important domestic animals , such as the goat , ram , bull , ox , and ...
... animal sacri- fice . A wide variety of animals have served as sacrificial offerings . In ancient Greece and India , for example , obla- tions included a number of important domestic animals , such as the goat , ram , bull , ox , and ...
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... Animals often develop complicated odours , colours , or voices as means of identi- fication . There are many species of fruit flies of the genus Drosophila , and to avoid mismatings , each species has its own pattern of waving the wings ...
... Animals often develop complicated odours , colours , or voices as means of identi- fication . There are many species of fruit flies of the genus Drosophila , and to avoid mismatings , each species has its own pattern of waving the wings ...
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... animals that feed on roots ; these organisms then become pests and may kill the plants or cause de- creased crop yields . Among the soil animals that feed on , or in , roots are nematodes , slugs and snails , symphylids , beetle larvae ...
... animals that feed on roots ; these organisms then become pests and may kill the plants or cause de- creased crop yields . Among the soil animals that feed on , or in , roots are nematodes , slugs and snails , symphylids , beetle larvae ...
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