Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.

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    15 天前

    Cool, but…

    equivalent to a half-raisin carrying three uncooked grains of rice.

    What a completely useless comparison.

    By my math, it’s equivalent to a typical human carrying an 18-22 lb backpack. Why wouldn’t they just say that?

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      15 天前

      Yeah. The minute I read the title I thought, Please don’t tell me they’re sticking cameras on these poor creatures. It disturbs me that no scientists seem to care about strapping cameras to wild creatures and what effect that has on their already difficult lives.

      Even if they convince themselves that what they’re doing is somehow necessary they could at the very least admit the harm they are doing to the animal.