Chapter 4

PROVISION FOR REARING THE YOUNG

The preservation of the individual and the preservation of the species--Foods manufactured by the parents for their young--Species which obtain for their larvæ foods manufactured by others--Carcasses of animals stored up--Provision of paralysed living animals--The cause of the paralysis--The sureness of instinct--Similar cases in which the specific instinct is less powerful and individual initiative greater--Genera less skilful in the art of paralysing victims.