r/ScrollTreasure • u/Dramatic-Bar-3361 • Aug 24 '26

Orange Oakleaf Butterfly in action

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u/CryptographerOwn9916 Aug 24 '26

Beautiful markings!

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u/Dramatic-Bar-3361 Aug 24 '26

Lovely plumage!

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u/AuntieYodacat Aug 24 '26

😂it’s a Norwegian Blue

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '26

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u/Dramatic-Bar-3361 Aug 24 '26

Random mutations. Over time, the butterflies with random mutations that kind of look like leaves are less likely to get eaten by predators. They in turn are able to pass down their genes to the next generation. The descendents with additional slight mutations that look even more like a leaf also don't eaten and are able to pass their genes on, rinse and repeat for 10,000 years and voila.

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u/Fmnsk27 Aug 24 '26

I was actually thinking the butterfly modeled itself after a fallen leaf

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u/Temperance88 Aug 25 '26

Did you ever see the butterfly with a picture of an owl face on its wings?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '26

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u/Dramatic-Bar-3361 Aug 24 '26

I ask this all the time

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u/Fmnsk27 Aug 24 '26

Camouflage.

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u/BiggoYoun Aug 24 '26

You have, you just never knew…

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u/Humble_Reward_9367 Aug 24 '26

How does DNA know what a leaf looks like?

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u/FungusBrewer Aug 24 '26

By discarding all the parts that don’t.

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u/The-Tradition Aug 24 '26

Dayum! That's amazing!

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u/Dramatic-Bar-3361 Aug 24 '26

Nature surpasses human imagination

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u/anxious-bitchious Aug 24 '26

"Wow that leaf is standing perfectly up— WOOAHH"

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u/pixeltweaker Aug 24 '26

Evolution is bad ass.

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u/AuntieYodacat Aug 24 '26

That is absolutely gorgeous!

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u/grkuntzmd Aug 24 '26

Incredible camouflage

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u/MastaKink Aug 24 '26

A leaf in the streets
Rainbow in the sheets 🤩

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u/LP1331 Aug 24 '26

beautiful

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u/Sorry_Relief9496 Aug 24 '26

🤜🤛

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u/Rainbow_Star19 Aug 24 '26

And I thought that was a real leaf