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Butterflies are beautiful and quiet and gentle and sparkly . . . but that's not the whole truth. Butterflies can be GROSS. And one butterfly in particular is here to let everyone know! Talking directly to the reader, a monarch butterfly reveals how its kind is so much more than what we think. Did you know some butterflies enjoy feasting on dead animals, rotten fruit, tears and even poop? Some butterflies are loud, like the Cracker butterfly. Some are stinky -- the smell scares predators away. Butterflies can be sneaky, like the ones who pretend to be ants to get free babysitting. This hilarious and refreshing book with silly and sweet illustrations explores the science of butterflies and shows that these insects are not the stereotypically cutesy critters we often think they are -- they are fascinating, disgusting, complicated and amazing creatures.
About the Author
Rosemary Mosco is a science writer and artist, and she's passionate about sharing her love for the natural world.She creates the award-winning science webcomic Bird and Moon and has written and drawn for Audubon, Ranger Rick, The American Ornithological Society, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and others. Her work was the subject of an award-winning museum exhibit at Cornell's Museum of the Earth and was featured by IFLS, Audubon, Upworthy, io9, Science News, the National Wildlife Federation, The Huffington Post, It's Okay to be Smart, The Mary Sue, The Times of India, and more.She once spent six months drawing all 162 species of snake in the United States. Her favorite bird is the Laysan Albatross.
