4 Quotes & Sayings By Henry Walter Bates

Henry Walter Bates was a British zoologist, explorer and naturalist. Bates was born in 1825 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. He was a doctor by profession and a zoologist who specialized in the study of molluscs. Bates is best known for his extensive explorations in Africa and for his studies of the gorilla Read more

In 1855 he went on an expedition to Africa, where he encountered King Albert II of Belgium who invited him to Congo as a naturalist. In 1856 he arrived in Congo as a member of the team that was sent to investigate the origins of the mutiny among the Force Publique soldiers of the Belgian Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo).

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.. on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes of the organisation register themselves thereon. Moreover, the same colour-patterns of the wings generally show, with great regularity, the degrees of blood-relationship of the species. As the laws of nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole world. . Henry Walter Bates
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They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other. Henry Walter Bates
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The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. Henry Walter Bates