The Butterflies That Hear With Their Wings

"To paraphrase J. B. S. Haldane: our reality may not only be stranger than we suppose; it may be stranger than we can suppose."__Terence McKenna

"When Jayne Yack speaks, she knows that her butterflies can hear her. They’re listening with their wings. Yack, a professor at Carleton University, studies a group of butterflies called nymphalids, which include well-known species like monarchs, morphos, emperors, and admirals. Many members of this group have ears at the base of their wings. If one lifted its top pair of wings in the air, 'the ear would be in what you think of as the armpit,' Yack says ..." (read more)