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Quotes from Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology — Ann Haven Morgan

1882–1966 United States

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... Oysters feed upon microorganism from the muck and water of the bottom and in turn are consumed by starfishes, oyster borers and mankind.

Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology (1955)

The kidneys (nephridia) of earthworms repeat the essentials of kidney form and function, tubules closely associated with blood and body fluid, each one a guardian of the content of the blood. There are two kidneys in nearly every segment of the earthworm ...

Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology (1955)

. The power to regrow lost parts permits planaria to survive and even to multiply after injury. Three planarians may live and flourish because one was cut into three pieces. All turbellarians are aquatic. A considerable number live in fresh water and a few on moist soil. Most of them are marine.

Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology (1955)

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