Aristotle described the embryological development of a chick; he distinguished whales and dolphins from fish; he described the chambered stomachs of ruminants and the social organization of bees; he noticed that some sharks give birth to live young—his books on animals are filled with such observations, some of which ...
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Very extensive genera of animals, into which other subdivisions fall, are the following: one, of birds; one, of fishes; and another, of cetaceans. Now all these ...
The History of Animals By Aristotle Written 350 B.C.E. Translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. The History of Animals has been divided into the following ...
Feb 15, 2006 · The first book of Aristotle's Parts of Animals is, in fact, largely devoted to doing just that, and after a brief discussion of Aristotle's ...
In the living animal it is always liquid and warm, but, on issuing from the body, it coagulates in all cases except in the case of the deer, the roe, and the ...
In Books VII-IX, Aristotle examines differences among animals in feeding; in habitat, hibernation, migration; in enmities and sociability; in disposition ( ...
He names some 500 species of bird, mammal, and fish; and he distinguishes dozens of insects and other invertebrates. He describes the internal anatomy of over a ...
According to Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle denies that nonhuman animals have the ability to develop experiences since they lack reason (On Aristotle ...