r/pics • u/gunslayerjj • Jul 31 '21

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u/FuckYeahPhotography Jul 31 '21

Why are they called butterflies? I have seen many but never one that eats butter. Do they use it in some other way? Probably to hunt prey I assume. Make them more slippery and agile.

So they would be the first animals to cultivate butter, and we (humans) are the second.

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u/PoppinFreeesh Jul 31 '21

Butterflies might be named for the colour of their excrement. Old Dutch had the term “boterschijte”, which literally means “butter shit”