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... animals , the usual vibrating medium is the air ; for fishes and other aquatic creatures , it commonly is the water . Yet , under suitable conditions , all hearing animals can perceive sound waves transmitted by media other than the one ...
... animals , the usual vibrating medium is the air ; for fishes and other aquatic creatures , it commonly is the water . Yet , under suitable conditions , all hearing animals can perceive sound waves transmitted by media other than the one ...
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... Animal Psychology ( 1950 ) . Orientation : J.D. CARTHY , Animal Navigation : How Animals Find Their Way About ( 1956 ) ; G.S. FRAENKEL and D.L. GANN , The Orientation of Animals : Kinesis , Taxes , and Com- pass Reactions ( 1940 ...
... Animal Psychology ( 1950 ) . Orientation : J.D. CARTHY , Animal Navigation : How Animals Find Their Way About ( 1956 ) ; G.S. FRAENKEL and D.L. GANN , The Orientation of Animals : Kinesis , Taxes , and Com- pass Reactions ( 1940 ...
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... animals , some with unmistakable signs of use as targets . Other models suggest magical increase of fertility ( many painted animals are pregnant , and pregnant women are occasionally engraved on bone ) . Toward the end of the ...
... animals , some with unmistakable signs of use as targets . Other models suggest magical increase of fertility ( many painted animals are pregnant , and pregnant women are occasionally engraved on bone ) . Toward the end of the ...
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