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on the gait of animals-第6部分
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none。 The former have their home in the dry medium; and cannot
remain always in mid air; they must therefore have feet。 Fish on the
contrary live in the wet medium; and take in water; not air。 Fins
are useful for swimming; but feet not。 And if they had both they would
be non…sanguineous。 There is a broad similarity between birds and
fishes in the organs of locomotion。 Birds have their wings on the
superior part; similarly fish have two pectoral fins; again; birds
have legs on their under parts and near the wings; similarly; most
fish have two fins on the under parts and near the pectorals。 Birds;
too; have a tail and fish a tail…fin。
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A difficulty may be suggested as to the movements of molluscs;
that is; as to where that movement originates; for they have no
distinction of left and right。 Now observation shows them moving。 We
must; I think; treat all this class as mutilated; and as moving in the
way in which limbed creatures do when one cuts off their legs; or as
analogous with the seal and the bat。 Both the latter are quadrupeds
but misshapen。 Now molluscs do move; but move in a manner contrary
to nature。 They are not moving things; but are moving if as
sedentary creatures they are compared with zoophytes; and sedentary if
classed with progressing animals。
As to right and left; crabs; too; show the distinction poorly; still
they do show it。 You can see it in the claw; the right claw is
larger and stronger; as though the right and left sides were trying to
get distinguished。
The structure of animals; both in their other parts; and
especially in those which concern progression and any movement in
place; is as we have now described。 It remains; after determining
these questions; to investigate the problems of Life and Death。
…THE END…
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