Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 81 | View more quotes about further">Further, they enable the animal to move efficiently, covering large areas without considerable metabolic cost. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 78 | The length of the stemlike legs of the salamander, incidentally, help it in stalking in the water. |
| 16 | 79 | It takes little prey while swimming freely. |
| 16 | 80 | The long legs cause little water vibration. |
| 16 | 81 | Further, they enable the animal to move efficiently, covering large areas without considerable metabolic cost. |
| 16 | 82 | In a blind environment, where food is scarce, energy conservation is essential. |
| 16 | 83 | The long, narrow legs also lift the salamander's head and body from the floor, enabling it, with its sensors, to scan a greater area for prey. |
| 16 | 84 | The upright posture in men delivers a similar advantage, visually, in increasing scanning range, this being useful not only in the location of prey, but also, of course, in the recognition of dangers while remote, hopefully while yet avoidable. |
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The length of the stemlike legs of the salamander, incidentally, help it in stalking in the water.
It takes little prey while swimming freely.
The long legs cause little water vibration.
Further, they enable the animal to move efficiently, covering large areas without considerable metabolic cost.
In a blind environment, where food is scarce, energy conservation is essential.
The long, narrow legs also lift the salamander's head and body from the floor, enabling it, with its sensors, to scan a greater area for prey.
The upright posture in men delivers a similar advantage, visually, in increasing scanning range, this being useful not only in the location of prey, but also, of course, in the recognition of dangers while remote, hopefully while yet avoidable.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)