Merry Meerkat Marginalia

3.5 Stars, borrow it

I’m not really sure why they would put in superstitions of butterflies almost as if its fact. Not all of the images in the book are actual pictures. Some are computer generated images. Another “fact” which I’m wondering why they put in this book since these books are supposedly aimed at young kids:  Children are quite fond of butterflies.” Yes, that is true but if this book is aimed at children, why would you put that in.   One good thing about the book is that they show images of each stage of a butterflies life cycle.  Overall I think it does a pretty decent job. The  pictures weren’t really pixelated and the facts were pretty strong. Worth a read if you can borrow it from somewhere.

Did you know?

There are almost 24,000 species of butterflies in the world (Wow!)

Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow colors

Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees (wonder if this is true)

Butterflies have taste sensors located in their feet and can taste food by standing on it.

Female butterflies are usually bigger and live longer than male butterflies