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They were, in short, back soon enough to witness the process it may well have suggested to the naturalist a comparison with phenomena very familiar to him by which the Consular-chrysalis Bonaparte became the Emperor-moth Napoleon. It was, of course, a very busy year for those responsible to their illustrious master for the administration of departments.
Was it not Alfred Russel Wallace who tried to help an emperor-moth, and only harmed it by his ill-considered ministry? He came upon the creature beating its wings and struggling wildly to force its passage through the narrow neck of its cocoon.
Some of the so-called lower animals take cognizance of vibrations that mean nothing to us. Insects hear notes far above our dull ears. Ants are susceptible to lights and colors unseen to our limited eyes. The emperor-moth calls its mate so says Fabre by means of olfactory vibrations totally uncomprehended by us.
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