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A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)
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[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 8 points 3 months ago

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

yeah you're right

[-] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

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

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