Comments on: "My Favorite Museum Exhibit": Butterflies eating a piranha http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Greg Landgraf http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1338668 Greg Landgraf Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1338668 It's less licking than sucking. Butterflies have a proboscis, which is basically a straw, rather than a mouth or tongue. Cool exhibit, though. It’s less licking than sucking. Butterflies have a proboscis, which is basically a straw, rather than a mouth or tongue. Cool exhibit, though.

]]> By: loroferoz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337640 loroferoz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337640 It's a common sight in tropical South America. To see the most common species of butterflies (green-yellow and white in my experience) landing to lick any salty water puddle they can find before it dries. Like urine, from cattle, horses or humans. Just answer nature's call and wait a minute, they will appear from nowhere just to have a lick. It’s a common sight in tropical South America. To see the most common species of butterflies (green-yellow and white in my experience) landing to lick any salty water puddle they can find before it dries.
Like urine, from cattle, horses or humans. Just answer nature’s call and wait a minute, they will appear from nowhere just to have a lick.

]]> By: GIFtheory http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337420 GIFtheory Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337420 This has got nothing on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=552x2YFjsw0" rel="nofollow">lamb-eating parrot</a>. This has got nothing on the lamb-eating parrot.

]]> By: Laura S. http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337321 Laura S. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337321 I spent a couple months in the Peruvian Amazon and mud-puddling butterflies were a common sight. In addition to mud puddles, they also visited roadkill, drying clothes (the dirtier the better), feces, urine, garbage, and (my favourite) the dead bodies of their fellow butterflies that, while mud-puddling on the road, had been run over by cars. I've never looked at butterflies the same way since. I spent a couple months in the Peruvian Amazon and mud-puddling butterflies were a common sight. In addition to mud puddles, they also visited roadkill, drying clothes (the dirtier the better), feces, urine, garbage, and (my favourite) the dead bodies of their fellow butterflies that, while mud-puddling on the road, had been run over by cars. I’ve never looked at butterflies the same way since.

]]> By: Drew Golden http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337212 Drew Golden Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337212 Love the approaching cockroach..... priceless.... Love the approaching cockroach….. priceless….

]]> By: BrianOman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337058 BrianOman Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337058 http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/romancing_the_lachryphage/ mmmmmm Mammal tears. http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/romancing_the_lachryphage/
mmmmmm Mammal tears.

]]> By: Kevin Hill http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1337037 Kevin Hill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1337037 A number of years ago, I was trekking in Borneo, in extreme humidity. When I stopped, a dozen butterflies alighted on me and started licking my sweat.  It was an incredible experience. A number of years ago, I was trekking in Borneo, in extreme humidity. When I stopped, a dozen butterflies alighted on me and started licking my sweat.  It was an incredible experience.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336940 irksome Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336940 Its when they gang up into a feeding frenzy that you'd better run run run, Mister. Chilling. Brrr. Its when they gang up into a feeding frenzy that you’d better run run run, Mister.

Chilling. Brrr.

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336933 chenille Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336933 I've had a butterfly licking me, and if a little strange, it's a great way to watch one up close. The real problem is it means you've been sweating more than is really comfortable, and the insect is not much help. I’ve had a butterfly licking me, and if a little strange, it’s a great way to watch one up close. The real problem is it means you’ve been sweating more than is really comfortable, and the insect is not much help.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336928 IronEdithKidd Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336928 Great.   Now I'm going to freak out this summer if one of these flesh licking demons gets too close to my son. Great.   Now I’m going to freak out this summer if one of these flesh licking demons gets too close to my son.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336919 Ian Wood Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336919 Clearly we must destroy these puddling menaces before they kill us all. Clearly we must destroy these puddling menaces before they kill us all.

]]> By: nemo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336915 nemo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336915 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mZC5IEfedU" rel="nofollow">"A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears But how do you know he really needs it?"</a> “A butterfly drinks a turtle’s tears
But how do you know he really needs it?”

]]> By: dr.hypercube http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336908 dr.hypercube Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336908 Best one yet! Thanks, Maggie. Best one yet! Thanks, Maggie.

]]> By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/my-favorite-museum-exhibit-18.html#comment-1336902 jere7my Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142217#comment-1336902 A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears / But how do you know he really needs it? A butterfly drinks a turtle’s tears / But how do you know he really needs it?

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