Kees Moeliker reports a well-known—but seldom noticed by humans—butterfly behavior: drinking human tears. Here is a machine-translation into English of his report in the September 22, 2020 issue of the Dutch newspaper NRC: ——— Drinking tears While on holiday in the Alps, a butterfly feasts on the eye fluid of Kees Moeliker’s daughter The splendor […]
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Two Heads (One of Them Real) Are Somewhat Better Than One
A new test of the old idea that apparently having a head at your rear might save your life, if you are a butterfly: “Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?” Tania G. López-Palafox and Carlos R. Cordero, PeerJ, vol. 5, 2017, e3493. The authors, at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, report: “The colour […]