 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist, he never cared to drink ; but if it was kept dry, he appeared distressed, and would drink a great deal. It is not impossible that the tail may have the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist, he never cared to drink ; but if it was...skin of frogs, though it must be owned that the scaly covering of that member has not much of the character that generally belongs to absorbing surfaces.... | |
 | Peter Parley's annual - 1875 - 130 pages
...plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail were kept moist he never cared to drink ; but if it were kept dry it became hot, and the animal appeared distressed...power of absorbing water, like the skin of frogs. Binny lived chiefly on bread, and bread and milk and sugar, but he was very fond of succulent fruits... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 346 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist he never cared to drink ; but if it was...appeared distressed, and would drink a great deal. 7. Binny must have been captured too young to have seen any of the building operations of his parents... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 364 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist he never cared to drink ; but if it was kept dry it became Lot, and the animal appeared distressed, and would drink a great deal. 7. Binny must have been captured... | |
 | Elizabeth Spooner - Animal welfare - 1881 - 302 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist, he never cared to drink, but if it was kept dry, he became distressed, and would drink a great deal. It is not impossible but that the tail may have... | |
 | 1876 - 588 pages
...he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body. If his tail was kept moist, he never cared to drink; but if it was...tail may have the power of absorbing water like the skins of frogs, though it must be owned that the scaly integument which invests that member has not... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1850 - 782 pages
...and Mrttayerie of the Zoological Satiety Delineated, 1830. A highly interesting and iustructive work. cared to drink ; but if it was kept dry it became...character which generally belongs to absorbing surfaces. It has been asserted, and in some degree proved, that the song of birds depends on that which they... | |
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... masses, which he could not grasp readily with his teeth, he pushed forwards, leaning against them with his right fore-paw and his chin. He never carried anything on his tail, which he liked to dip in water, but he was not fond of plunging in the whole... 
