| 1909 - 576 Seiten
...thus to kill it directly ; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, it was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomachs of several, and found them largely distended with minced sea-weed (Ulva;), which... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1972 - 384 Seiten
...thinking thus to kill it directly; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line it was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs." What evolutionary pressures do you believe might have forced the development of a marine niche for... | |
| Charles Darwin, Robert Fitzroy - 1979 - 438 Seiten
...situations, a group of six or seven of these hideous reptiles may oftentimes be seen on the black racks, a few feet above the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomach of several, and in each case found it largely distended with minced sea-weed,... | |
| William Dean Howells - 1984 - 508 Seiten
...claws are admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava, which every where form the coast. In such situations, a group of six...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomach of several, and in each case found it largely distended with minced sea-weed,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1989 - 452 Seiten
...claws are admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava, which every where form the coast. In such situations, a group of six...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomach of several, and in each case found it largely distended with minced sea-weed,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1996 - 382 Seiten
...thinking thus to kill it directly; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, it was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomachs of several, and found them largely distended with minced sea-weed (Ulvae), which... | |
| Richard Lansdown - 2006 - 450 Seiten
...to kill it directly; but when an hour afterwards he drew up the line, the lizard was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomach of several, and in each case found it largely distended with minced sea-weed,... | |
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