✨ Wonder

Why do butterflies fly so erratically?

A hungry bird has to guess where the butterfly will go and dive there. But the butterfly suddenly swerves off in a zig-zag — and the beak snaps shut on empty air. The wobbly flight is a clever trick.

Miss! The butterfly gets away
The butterfly
The bird's guess
The real zig-zag path
zig-zag
makes the butterfly hard to catch
big wings
let it sail and tip in the air
searching
for flowers, nectar and mates