It's about
time for people in the Northern climes to say goodbye to the
butterflies for the winter. How do these delicate creatures
manage to migrate such long distances? It turns out they have
a G.P.S. in their antennae.
Every fall about 100 million Monarch butterflies migrate to the
south. On BBC News, Judith Burns quote researchers as
saying, "North America's Monarch butterflies use a 24-
hour 'clock' in their antennae to help navigate the [incredible
distance] to overwinter in Mexico." This "clock" is located in
their antennae, not in their brain.
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