wind, is that that hard to guess?
Butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic without stopping
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#12How do we know they didn't land on ocean debris?
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#13How is this possible? I cant even walk 10 miles without needing food. Where did the butterflies store their energy? So many questions... Amazing if true.
Well, I certainly hope the butterfly has more energy after eating through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, a chocolate cake, an ice-cream, a pickle, a cheese, a salami, a lollipop, a cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake, a watermelon, and finally a green leaf.
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#14How do they know that the butterflies weren't aboard a ship?
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#15How is this possible? I cant even walk 10 miles without needing food. Where did the butterflies store their energy? So many questions... Amazing if true.
Well, I certainly hope the butterfly has more energy after eating through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, a chocolate cake, an ice-cream, a pickle, a cheese, a salami, a lollipop, a cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake, a watermelon, and finally a green leaf.
As a parent of a 2.5yo, this made me laugh :) thank you
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#16How do we know the butterflies didn't piggyback on a flight?
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#17wind, is that that hard to guess?
It's one thing to guess, or conjucture a hypothesis.
It is another thing to track down all the data, do all the calculations, and actually provide confirmation for the hypothes, and put it out there for others to confirm or not-confirm.
The former is just a guess in the wind (maybe worth a Tweet - "Check out this odd thing!"); the latter is applying science and is worth an article.
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#18I like butterflies and moths
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#19New world monkey hypothesized to have drifted on a raft from Africa to South America.
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#20How do they know the butterflies didn’t, say, hitch a ride on a cruise ship with a flower garden?