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THE MICHIGAN
DAILY
TUESDAY; -OCTOBER 15, 1935
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ROCESSIONARY CATERPILLARS
feed upon pine needles.
They
move
through
thme
trees in
a long
pr
roc.essioi
each
n, one leading and
with his eyes half-
the others following
closed and .his head
snugly fitted against the
Spreeesr
rear
extremity of his
Jeanr - Henri Fabrte, the great F re nch natu
ralist, after patiently experimenting with
a
group of these caterpilla rs, finally enticed them
to the rim of
a large flowerpot where he
suc-
ceeded in getting the first
one connected up
with the last one thus forming a complete circle
which started. moving around in
a procession
which had neither begi nning nor end.
The naturalist expected that after a while
they would catch on to the joke - get tired of
their.
useless
march and start off in some new
direction.
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October 15, 1935 (vol. 46, iss. 14) - Image 8
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- The Michigan Daily, 1935-10-15
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