Additional article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/science/butterflies-ocean-migration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U0.moxh.43MfSjCSno_6&smid=url-share
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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.
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 🫨
"The overall journey, which was energetically feasible only if assisted by winds"
yeah you're right