A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)

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[-] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month 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 🫨

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