 | John George Wood - 1866 - 732 páginas
...even in the British Islands, the snow-bed is almost annually brought into requisition. The use of snow as a warm mantle to protect the young crops from the...the task which it has to perform. During the three months of her seclusion, the Polar Bear takes no food, but exists upon the store of fat which has been... | |
 | John George Wood - 1866 - 694 páginas
...the snow to fall upon her, she forms a cell in which to reside during the period of her accouchement. Within this strange nursery she produces her young,...the task which it has to perform. During the three months of her seclusion, the Polar Bear takes no food, but exists upon the store of fat which has been... | |
 | John George Wood - 1866 - 674 páginas
...the snow to fall upon her, she forms a cell in which to reside during the period of her accouchement. Within this strange nursery she produces her young,...state for killing, as the fur partakes of the general fullness of the body, and becomes thick and sleek, as is needful when we consider the task which it... | |
 | John George Wood - 1866 - 680 páginas
...the snow to fall upon her, she forms a cell in which to reside during the period of her accouchement. Within this strange nursery she produces her young,...state for killing, as the fur partakes of the general fullness of the body, and becomes thick and sleek, as is needful when we consider the task which it... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1866 - 840 páginas
...it. This curious abode is not sought by every Polar Bear, its only use being to shelter the young. Before retiring into winter -quarters the bear eats...nutritious diet, so that it becomes prodigiously fat. During the three months of her seclusion she takes no food, but exists upon the store of fat which... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 500 páginas
...hibernate like the females, but roam freely about during the winter months. Before retiring under the snow, the bear eats enormously, and, driven by an unfailing...instinct, resorts to the most nutritious diet, so that she becomes prodigiously fat, thus laying in an internal store of alimentary matter which enables her... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 602 páginas
...hibernate like the females, but roam freely about during the winter-months. Before retiring under the snow, the bear eats enormously, and, driven by an unfailing...instinct, resorts to the most nutritious diet, so that she becomes prodigiously fat, thus laying in an internal store of alimentary matter which enables her... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1870 - 496 páginas
...in this curious habit. Before retiring into winter-quarters the bear eats enormously, and, driven on by an unfailing instinct, resorts to the most nutritious diet, so that it become! prodigiously fat. During the three months of her seclusion the polar bear takes no food, but... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 páginas
...hibernate like the females, but roam freely about during the winter months. Before retiring under the snow, the bear eats enormously, and, driven by an unfailing...instinct, resorts to the most nutritious diet, so that she becomes prodigiously fat, thus laying in an internal store of alimentary matter which enables her... | |
 | John George Wood - 1872 - 422 páginas
...their increasing dimensions, the accommodation is increased to suit them. Although covered so deeply, the hidden Bear may be discovered by means of the...the task which it has to perform. During the three months of her seclusion, the Polar Bear takes no food, but exists upon the store of fat which has been... | |
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As is the case with the snow-covered sheep, the hidden Bear may be discovered by means of the little hole which is made by the warm breath, and is rendered more distinguishable by the hoarfrost which collects around it. This curious abode is not sought... 
