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the males all segregate one by one, and in consequence of the violence of
their sexual passions they keep each one to himself, dig a hole in the ground,
and bellow from time to time; in all these particulars they resemble the goat,
and their foreheads from getting wetted become black, as is also the case with
the goat. In this way they pass the time until the rain falls, after which time
they turn to pasture. The animal acts in this way owing to its sexual
wantonness and also to its obesity; for in summer-time it becomes so
exceptionally fat as to be unable to run: in fact at this period they can be
overtaken by the hunters that pursue them on foot in the second or third run;
and, by the way, in consequence of the heat of the weather and their getting
out of breath they always make for water in their runs. In the rutting season,
the flesh of the deer is unsavoury and rank, like the flesh of the he-goat. In
winter-time the deer becomes thin and weak, but towards the approach of the
spring he is at his best for running. When on the run the deer keeps pausing
from time to time, and waits until his pursuer draws upon him, whereupon he
starts off again. This habit appears due to some internal pain: at all events, the
gut is so slender and weak that, if you strike the animal ever so softly, it is apt
to break asunder, though the hide of the animal remains sound and uninjured.
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Bears, as has been previously stated, do not copulate with the male
mounting the back of the female, but with the female lying down under the
male. The she-bear goes with young for thirty days. She brings forth
sometimes one cub, sometimes two cubs, and at most five. Of all animals the
newly born cub of the she bear is the smallest in proportion to the size of the
mother; that is to say, it is larger than a mouse but smaller than a weasel. It is
also smooth and blind, and its legs and most of its organs are as yet
inarticulate. Pairing takes Place in the month of Elaphebolion, and parturition
about the time for retiring into winter quarters; about this time the bear and
the she-bear are at the fattest. After the she-bear has reared her young, she
comes out of her winter lair in the third month, when it is already spring. The
female porcupine, by the way, hibernates and goes with young the same
number of days as the she-bear, and in all respects as to parturition resembles
this animal. When a she-bear is with young, it is a very hard task to catch her.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156