Butterfly Flight in Slow Motion!

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Күн бұрын

I filmed slow motion flight and time-lapse eclosion sequences of tropical butterflies, and give a behind-the-scenes tour of our museum's walk-in tropical rainforest exhibit.
Check out naturalsciences.org/ for info about when to visit our museum and the butterflies. [Right now (Dec, 2021) the exhibit is closed due to pandemic-related safety measures. But we're all hoping we can lift restrictions and get it open to all again soon!]
Content
00:00 - owl butterfly
01:09 - behind the scenes
02:22 - timelapse eclosion
03:29 - longwings
04:13 - blue morpho
05:14 - malachite
05:38 - cattleheart
06:21 - blue morpho
Butterfly species (in order of appearance)
“Owl butterfly” - Caligo eurilochus
“Blue-frosted Banner” Male - Catonephele numilia
“Heliconious Longwing” - Heliconius hecale
“Monarch” - Danaus plexippus
“Heliconious Longwing” (on left) - Heliconius melpomene
“Heliconious Longwing” (on right) - Heliconius hecale
“Blue Morpho” - Morpho peleides
“Malachite” - Siproeta stelenes
“Cattleheart” - Parides eurimedes
Music licensed from soundofpicture.com
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@helenabulati9820 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: in Brazil (and a few other neighboring countries), the owl butterfly is also known as the "witch butterfly". Common folklore tells that they are witches in disguise, watching over people with the big eyes on their wings. I find it a really spooky and cool concept :)

@enricojorge9830 2 жыл бұрын

Vindo daí o nome popular: bruxão

@usupatuugames7442 2 жыл бұрын

Pootis bird

@FixedFace 2 жыл бұрын

"idiots kiIIing butterflies because of their witch eyes is a cool concept"

@butterflycatyt5917 Жыл бұрын

That's an awesome fun-fact, thanks!

@MxCat Жыл бұрын

Not me living in brazil and not knowing abt this folklore ☠️

@L0608948 2 жыл бұрын

It’s fascinating how you can see the oversized abdomens of the new adult butterflies shrink over time as all the fluid gets pumped into the wings. It’s especially apparent with the monarch butterfly’s hatching.

@LieDetectorMusic 2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if my oversized abdomen also shrunk over time as an adult 🤣😭

@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 Жыл бұрын

@@LieDetectorMusic Take Flight! ✌️ 😎

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@Langharig_Tuig 2 жыл бұрын

As you said the Blue morph is iconic and I knew it... but I never knew the underside of its wings was so beautiful as well!

@metalbaby4898 2 жыл бұрын

they’re my favorite :)

@burgbass 2 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to believe something like the owl butterfly can exist. The eyes look like they’re made by an artist, they’ve got subtle shine on them and everything, but it’s just nature’s work and that’s it, crazy.

@AR15andGOD 9 ай бұрын

What? "But it's just natures work and that's it." Proof? That's called circular reasoning, where you assume the premise in the premise itself. You have no proof this is simply nature, all you do is say it. You even say yourself it looks like it was intentionally designed. But nope, it's just nature. Any evidence that it's just nature? I mean evidence, not just repeating yourself..

@serendipity9573 7 ай бұрын

@@AR15andGODAny evidence that it is NOT "just nature"? Didn't think so. Do a bit of studying for once

@kaylathehedgehog2005 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I love butterflies so much. It's on bucket list to be able to witness a blue morpho with my own eyes one day. That cattleheart looks like it'd be right at home at a rave.

@deeptimohan172 2 жыл бұрын

I recently.saw one Blue morpho😍🦋

@kaylathehedgehog2005 2 жыл бұрын

@@deeptimohan172 Lucky!

@ritahorvath8207 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Adrian Smith we all love your moths and butterflies ! 🦋

@tearyghost 2 жыл бұрын

its so interesting to compare this video to the moth video! despite both being lepidoptera, the two fly so differently!! i LOVE this

@markchip1 2 жыл бұрын

Never mind how impressive it is that only one butterfly of the mating pair lifts their combined weight, I'M ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED that no body parts are snapped off during the process!! Almost brought tears to my eyes!!!!

@jo-han 2 жыл бұрын

Would you snap body parts of if you lifted your brother/sister? I guess evolution will guarantee this, since otherwise the species has a lot less chance of survival if body parts come of that easily :)

@markchip1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jo-han - you or I may well "snap body parts off" if you were attached only by your genitals!! That was the WHOLE point of that comment!!! (R/Whoosh anyone??)

@jo-han 2 жыл бұрын

@@markchip1 :) Lol, well in that case you have not yet googled men being suspended by their genitals. I do not recommend googling it though :). FYI being suspended by your head, 1 hand, 1 foot, just your head, breasts, suction cups or a big fishhook through the skin of your back also works..... Yet again, I do not recommend googling all of these.... :)

@mki441 2 жыл бұрын

Tears? Really?

@lepidlover0557 2 жыл бұрын

Well im sure the butterfly's body can handle the force of it's own wing beats 😂😅

@ludoviajante 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are fascinating. Thank you.

@Dori11111 2 жыл бұрын

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@akemifoxx2115 Жыл бұрын

Vc por aqui!! 🥰🥰

@user-yn5sk5ru5g 2 жыл бұрын

Insanely beautiful coloring on those wings

@marylie3435 2 жыл бұрын

Recommending your channel to EVERYONE! Much love from Germany ♡

@UntamedScience 2 жыл бұрын

I love this stuff Adrian. Well done. So cool.

@ChuckRuledTheWorld 2 жыл бұрын

These charming images of nature make my problems feel insignificant. Thanks for sharing these otherwise undetected beauties❤

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@oneminutebugs 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for showing us behind the scenes and those lovely images.

@osmia 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto. Thanks Adrian :-)

@mr.mcnuggies 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos, they are so relaxing

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@userjones6829 Жыл бұрын

Time stamp 5:05. The mirror of life. What is up is down. Beautiful capture. Ty. 😃😁😀 I also see the true meaning of becoming one with a mate as they form @ t.s. 4.36 & 5:07 a larger being. Marvelous!!! 🌀

@gaganchadha1376 2 жыл бұрын

We appreciate your efforts in filming theses moments. Thank you. Please keep doing what you love. You have our support. Good Luck!

@juuk3103 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect video to watch before bed, the music and the slow-mo is so mesmerizing, i felt super relaxed as if i just meditated.

@kimkampf3173 Жыл бұрын

Honest to god my eyes watered up at the spectacular beauty. Thank you for this.

@AniFam 2 жыл бұрын

These slow-motion flights look awesome~💞 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

@dianahellman9254 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, so cool! I never quite realized how large butterfly wings are relative to the size of their bodies. Lovely captures.

@Guest-li8fd Ай бұрын

Fascinating photography showing crucial aspects of butterfly flight!

@leaf2576 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in NC, and some of my fondest childhood memories are going to this butterfly exhibit in the science museum. Stumbled across this channel completely by chance, only to find this video and see that very exhibit is the source of these incredible videos. Really cool how, years later, you guys are still bringing joy and wonder to this butterfly lover.

@dixiederivatives 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Always for your amazing vids. Always been a huge animal lover and conservationist, but you've really gave me an amazing appreciation for insects as well. Keep up the great work, I hope your rewarded!

@simonsays5587 2 жыл бұрын

Those colors on that Malakite... living art! And the way you capture it on screen🏆👍 Hope you post more after C. With regular content 1M subs would be easy

@alveolate 2 жыл бұрын

i just noticed that he had a collab with zefrank a while back. that's kinda amazing! i remember when he had 1/10th the current subs and was always getting comments about "underrated" and "underwatched".

@jeannemendoche6861 Жыл бұрын

nature creates all the wonderful things on earth !

@12midthunder14 2 жыл бұрын

I've been there, that place is awesome

@anyascelticcreations 2 жыл бұрын

They're so beautiful! Thank you for another amazing video! 👏

@ijustwantsomesoup9924 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful Christmas present this video is! :D

@allisonjames2923 2 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful images of one of the world’s most magical creatures

@anon6056 2 жыл бұрын

It's so cool that you made it free! You are so cool and genuine and this is awesome

@claraschmelter5271 Жыл бұрын

deeply inspiring. thanks for capturing and sharing this fragile beauty

@tracybowling1156 2 жыл бұрын

Nature is crazy awesome. The eye spots even have white in them to simulate moon glow. It makes the world seem somehow planned out in a weird way. ☺️

@Taizan25 2 жыл бұрын

I really love this video..it was amassing to see the blue morpho fliying!! thanks

@timberwolf5631 2 жыл бұрын

I recommend The Butterfly Palace in Branson, Missouri. There is an entrance fee, but it is well worth it. They keep and breed hundreds of different butterflies in a huge indoor forest. When I was there, I just happened to be wearing red, which is the color of their feeding-flowers. I had butterflies all over me. It was the coolest thing.

@bladewire 2 жыл бұрын

Even more stunning when watched with KZfaq play speed adjusted to .25 in the playback options. Your work is absolutely inspiring. Thank you for all you do.

@rayarubin3584 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing videos. I am mesmerized by the soothing sight and music. Of course your explanations of each scene is a great bonus :)

@jfnuyen 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting as usual.

@VixenArt3 2 жыл бұрын

Omg yayyyy butterflies! I'm so happy you did butterflies! Thank you :3!!! Amazing footage as always!

@Shnarfbird 2 жыл бұрын

Could you show us a slow-motion video of insects chewing? I see the rapid action of a mantis' mandibles and often want a closer look.

@kakussubrado8966 2 жыл бұрын

Yes 💕 thank you so much! They look so lovelyy More of this please Adrian!

@splintmeow4723 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! I love these beautiful treats of nature. Your work is sooooo wonderful. 🥰

@sidilicious11 2 жыл бұрын

Evolution has even created the look of reflected highlights on the pupil motif on their wings. 👁 wow

@kassiapencek6185 2 жыл бұрын

How marvelous is this footage for us to better respect the beauty of these creatures!!!!!!!! I wish I could see this level with my real eyes. Kinda sad they are not free to enjoy a world made for them... you free them eventually right.

@chickennuggetscoon6900 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful How that evolved is incredible.

@thirtycrows 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these amazing sequences of beauty.

@kristywilliams7840 11 ай бұрын

Hello from New Zealand! My daughter and I love watching your videos!

@margaretgoodheart4167 Жыл бұрын

Such wonder!! And awe of nature. Thank you so much for sharing this beauty of flight and design with us. Also love your video of moths.

@kristine6996 2 жыл бұрын

From France 🇫🇷 with lavender growing in the garden to provide nurture for ‘my’ butterflies. 🦋🌳🦋

@parthsoni1847 2 жыл бұрын

Butterfly is my favourite insect....

@rainpooper7088 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful animals. So glad I subscribed after the moth video.

@deedow8936 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful video! Gorgeous & marvelous butterflies! The colors and movements are fascinating. Your videos are packed with info! Thank you! Hope to make it to a butterfly sanctuary once travel is okay to do.

@tedgordon5381 Жыл бұрын

Your work is magnificent and a true joy to watch. Thanks a million

@kt6332 Жыл бұрын

I think moths are beautiful too!

@lossapote 2 жыл бұрын

your work is really appreciated

@dddaartist3204 Жыл бұрын

i love how you can kinda see the scales on the wings if you look closely, i think it's such an interesting detail about butterflies and moths

@technoraptor7778 2 жыл бұрын

It's just crazy how massive the wings are in comparison to the body.

@theperfectbotsteve4916 2 жыл бұрын

Wow butter flies are so cool and awesome in slow motion Also cool sloth

@LoveEarthHereAndNow 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOUR WORK. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THANKS

@locketdragon2274 Жыл бұрын

I was at a conservatory like this one taking pictures of butterflies when two mating Blue Morpho’s landed on my hand. I tried gently moving them to a leaf on one of the trees and then to some flowers but they decided to stay for a while. So I calmly sat down and waited for them to leave on their own. Eventually the male took flight while holding on to the female and off they went. It was an amazing experience.

@joycampi7233 2 жыл бұрын

Like a slow motion ballet ❤

@starscream548 2 жыл бұрын

I went to the museum of natural history for my birthday the other day and they had an amazing butterfly conservatory, they had a lot of the same species seen in this video, it’s nice to see them in slow motion especially the blue morphos as they were very fast

@JulianLambert 11 ай бұрын

What an extraordinarily fascinating video. So pleased to have stumbled on it thank you.

@carolinesalpeck2567 Жыл бұрын

I grew up going to this museum and exploring the butterfly habitat, I never realized that this is where these experiments and videography were based out of!

@amblyommaamericanum6590 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work. Absolutely stunning!

@mel0dymak3r 2 жыл бұрын

4:35 almost looked like these two held hands for a second 😭

@gus473 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼 Definitely on the itinerary for North Carolina! (Maybe on the way to the Outer Banks!) 😎✌🏼

@SanamJanamian 2 жыл бұрын

A long waited video! Thank you for making my day!

@sciencecomedian 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! More amazing videography!

@artinpoetsoulnature Жыл бұрын

Amazing wings view and great video on butterfly🦋🦋🦋🦋

@bettybanaszak5748 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous work. You must feel like you are in a mystical heavenly domain far above to torturous world below.

@BarbieDreamDungeon 2 жыл бұрын

OMG THE NC MUSEUM!!! I used to go there all the time when I was little, I need to go back

@danielc2530 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Love these kidns of videos of yours

@markroth9827 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video.

@austinbinns90 Жыл бұрын

Woah, those markings look like acrylic paint

@liesbethgodefroid5725 2 жыл бұрын

i always get emotional watching these hahaha, this is so awesome !!! :)

@jinzhanghsu4253 2 жыл бұрын

so mesmerizing...

@avonloma5819 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful! Thank you for posting this.

@franciscopaz5952 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video!! Thanks for sharing!

@isab400 2 жыл бұрын

I really love your channel ❤

@FrankLassowski 2 жыл бұрын

such beautiful creatures! :-)

@fromsunni 2 жыл бұрын

I hope one day I can visit yall, going to a museum like this is my dream!

@bettybanaszak5748 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage. Thanks so much!

@EightMonkey7979 2 жыл бұрын

braa i love ds vidoi

@michellemichaels3258 Жыл бұрын

Always wonderful ❤

@kpk1958 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work!

@skidude121 2 жыл бұрын

Straight f*cking and flying. Those Morphos know what's what. But real talk the profile shot of them with a mirroring so well-composed, stunning.

@e.s.4184 2 жыл бұрын

I am once again begging for a video on plume moths (Pterophoridae). I don't know if their flight has ever been captured in such beautiful slow motion, and I'd love to see it. Amazing work as always!

@midnitethedsixl4601 8 ай бұрын

He did a plume moth if you haven't seen it yet ^^

@aquamarine9568 2 жыл бұрын

So mesmerizing

@MH-ms1dg 5 ай бұрын

Shout out from the Butterfly Vivarium in NYC!! 🦋

@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant ✨✨✨ Thanks for sharing.

@imnotmelvin3 2 жыл бұрын

God Is amazing to create these little flyers.

@featherfoothiker 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work.

@sydcryptid1797 2 жыл бұрын

incredible. what it must've felt like to get these gorgeous shots

@ariisbella2004 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 😍 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

@madelinegrudens Жыл бұрын

This was so incredible to watch 🤩

@walkureunruh7251 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from germany and currently working in a tropical garden with butterflys, amd we also have a lot of american ones from Costa Rica. Its fascinating to hear what their english names are. (For example, the blue Morpho is called Himmelsfalter (Literal translation: sky butterfly) in german)

@sandexvarghese1434 Жыл бұрын

Where it is located your conservatory ?

@walkureunruh7251 Жыл бұрын

@@sandexvarghese1434 In Bremen, in the botanika