Butterflies Are Pretty...Gross! Flashcards
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We flutter through meadows.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
2
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We pose on fancy flowers.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
3
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We show off our wings.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
4
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We shimmer with all colors of the rainbow.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
5
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So majestic!
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Don’t you look lovely!
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
7
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oh, go on!
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
8
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Then…DON’T TURN THE PAGE.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
9
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Close this book.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
10
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You’re done.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
11
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The story’s over.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
12
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Nothing to see here.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
13
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Huh. You kept reading.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
14
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The truth would surprise you.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Don’t read any further unless you’re ready for the real story.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
16
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This is your last chance to close this book.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
17
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Don’t say I didn’t warn, because I did.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
18
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I warned you.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
19
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Here we go.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
20
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They eat rotten food.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They land on moldy fruit and slurp up the juices.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They also eat dead animals - the slimier, the better!
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Mmmm, deliciously disgusting!
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They’re gray or white or brown.
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Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Some of them look like dead leaves to help them hide from hungry birds.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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It may fly towards you and make a noise with its wings.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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crack! crack!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Pretty peculiar, right?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Oh, but there's so much more I haven't told you.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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You can still turn back.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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You can close this book.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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It's up to you.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
33
Hello, world!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They are called caterpillars.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They eat and grow.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Nom, nom, nom.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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When they get big enough, their skin hardens and they turn into chrysalises.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Under the hard shell, they grow new body parts.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Hmmm, how many legs should I make?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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I'll try six.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Soon, they burst through the shell.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Now they have wings!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Time to fly!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Grrrr!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Some caterpillars are carnivorous.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Caterpillars love to eat and eat.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Most caterpillars chomp on leaves, but some of them are meat-eaters.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They hunt bugs!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Some caterpillars are stinky.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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A Giant Swallowtail caterpillar looks like bird poop.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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When somebody frightens it, the caterpillar sticks out two stinky tentacles to scare them away.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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This friendship stinks.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Some caterpillars are sneaky.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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The Alcon Blue caterpillar smalls and sounds like an ant.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Ants think that the caterpillar is an ant too!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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The ants babysit the caterpillar until it grows up.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Hey, you're not an ant!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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No, I'm fraudul-ANT!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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TOP SECRET
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Well, now you know the truth.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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You don't have to hear any more.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Goodbye. So long. Have a nice day.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Oh, you're still here!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Do you want to learn more?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Fine.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Here comes the really strange stuff.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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This is the Red-banded Hairstreak.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Can you guess which end is front and which is back?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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It's tricky.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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The butterfly's back wings have fake eyes and antennae.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Fooled you!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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If they're yummy she lays her eggs on them.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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She's making sure that her babies will have lots of food to eat once they hatch.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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My feet say it's sweet!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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What if your parents stuck their feet in your cereal before you ate it?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They snack on salt and other tasty stuff from big piles of animal dung.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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I sure love a poopy picnic!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They sip the water that drips from an animal's eyes.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Tears are salty, and they need salt to stay healthy.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Well, now you know the truth.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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We're amazing.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Just like you.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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And just like you...we're beautiful too.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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If you decide to read this book, you will be totally shocked and disgusted by these totally true facts.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Others are sneaky.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Will you be fooled?
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Look for Monarch caterpillars on milkweed plants.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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They only eat the leaves of milkweeds.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Talk about picky eaters!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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A female Harvester lays her eggs near woolly aphids.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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When her caterpillars hatch from the eggs, the munch on aphids!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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As a caterpillar, the Alcon Blue uses special chemicals and sounds to imitate an ant.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Real ants get tricked into protecting and feeding it.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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The male Red Cracker makes a cracking sound like bacon frying in a pan.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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As a caterpillar, it looks like bird poop.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Predators don't want to eat poop, so they leave it alone.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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It needs salt to stay healthy and make its eggs, and its usual food - flower nectar - isn't salty enough.
Butterflies are pretty gross!
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Burrrp!
Butterflies are pretty gross!
