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But seriously, that’s neat!
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The microscopic structures of butterfly wings are also responsible for the iridescent blues found on some species.
These change the way light is reflected in such a way as to create color for the observer that is not based on any pigment.
In other words, evolution has done some mind blowingly cool stuff.
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Cool! I love science.
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