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- Baggins ( @FatLegTed@piefed.social ) English7•3 months ago
This is just incredible. How does a tiny creature like that store enough energy to make that flight. They can’t stop and feed.
Nature is awesome and very humbling at times.
- DavidGarcia ( @DavidGarcia@feddit.nl ) 3•3 months ago
“The overall journey, which was energetically feasible only if assisted by winds”
yeah you’re right
- Baggins ( @baggins@beehaw.org ) English2•3 months ago
They make that journey not knowing the wind will help them. Even so, all that time without feeding.
- casmael ( @casmael@lemm.ee ) 3•3 months ago
Yeah it’s completely fucking nuts - hard to believe it’s a real thing that actually happens I thought butterflies were optimised for flying in a deliberately squiggly way to avoid becoming lunch as far as possible 🫨