"Annelidan" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The two sections came apart, however, in a very few seconds after their departure from the colony. I am inclined to believe that this deviation from the normal was due to accident; probably to manipulation. This annelid is really "many in one" until the very moment of division; the alimentary canal, nerves, blood-vessels, etc., extend in unbroken continuity from the head of the parent worm to the tail of the last section. In every ...
— The Dawn of Reason - or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals • James Weir |
