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.
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"The overall journey, which was energetically feasible only if assisted by winds"
yeah you're right
They make that journey not knowing the wind will help them. Even so, all that time without feeding.
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 🫨