and i taught (and almost all of the other 'cher) that our dear butterflies feed on nectar
now i'm supposed to tell my kids that they feed on bird sh*t?
they'd get marked wrong for exams..
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and i taught (and almost all of the other 'cher) that our dear butterflies feed on nectar
now i'm supposed to tell my kids that they feed on bird sh*t?
they'd get marked wrong for exams..
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Now that you're an "enlightened" teacher, it would be good to correct that myth that butterflies feed only on nectar. There are a lot of better-read and better-'educated' kids around these days, thanks to the Internet, so the teachers better be more conversant with the accuracy of such things lest they be embarrassed by their young charges.Originally Posted by Snowywolf
and i taught (and almost all of the other 'cher) that our dear butterflies feed on nectar
now i'm supposed to tell my kids that they feed on bird sh*t?
they'd get marked wrong for exams..
Take a look at our 14-year old Aaron. I think he knows a lot more about butts and critters in general than the average teacher in Singapore.
My kids are over that age now, but if a teacher marks them wrong, if they answer a question in an exam that "Butterflies feed only on nectar from flowers" as FALSE, I would go and see the teacher and bring them out to prone at one of our spas to show them what other stuff butts feed on.
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No lah, it's actually quite simple. Just apply wat u've learnt from various websites;)
Aaron Soh
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Sharing shots of two puddlers taken these two days.
Horace
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1st shot is a sky blue!? Nice shots!
Anthony
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or one.
Early Stages Specialist
Yes, it is.
Horace
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Hi Khew,
Dr Konrad Fiedler and co-workers published a very good research paper entitled: "Mud-puddling behavior in tropical butterflies: in search of proteins or minerals?" The authors listed more than 70 Bornean butterfly species showing puddling behaviour from their research work in 1996 and 1997. And diffrerent minerals and amino acids were used by the authors to investigate the puddling preferences of butterflies. The same paper I recommended to Jacqueline (See Butt. Ecology Behaviour & Evolution: Why do butterflies puddle?)
If you and anyone interest to read it? I will send you a pc copy(only 10 copies available). Just send your postal address or fax. no. to my email (from member list). Sorry no scanning and send by email.
Teo T P
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