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Henry Walter Bates, a Common card
Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Henry Walter Bates quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Henry Walter Bates card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his ______ on the return voyage when his ship caught fire.
Answer
collection. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection on the return voyage when his ship caught fire. From the Henry Walter Bates article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in ____.
Answer
1840s. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848. From the Henry Walter Bates article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 73 · Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf 68 · Henry Walter Bates 65 · Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848.
- Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection on the return voyage when his ship caught fire.
- When Bates arrived home in 1859 after a full eleven years, he had sent back over 14,712 species of which 8,000 were new to science.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Henry Walter Bates article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Henry Walter Bates (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : J. Thomson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
