• Baggins@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    4 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@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      4 months ago

      “The overall journey, which was energetically feasible only if assisted by winds”

      yeah you’re right

      • Baggins@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 months ago

        They make that journey not knowing the wind will help them. Even so, all that time without feeding.

    • casmael@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      4 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 🫨