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Friday, August 10, 2018

A Butterfly's Amazing Proboscis

Note - the video was titled "A Moth's Amazing Proboscis" but it turned out that the subject is actually a butterfly species. Hence, the title is now corrected.

Some close up FHD footage of a Philippine Swift (Caltoris philippina) sipping nectar out of tiny flowers, using its very long proboscis. With its flexibility, light weight, suction/pumping system and fine controlability - all run by a "primitive brain" - this proboscis is an impressive example of nature's outstanding engineering. I recommend watching it in FHD (1080p) to see the fine details.

Filmed in natural habitat at Bued River, La Union, Northern Philippines on August 10, 2018. 

Shooting info – Sony RX10 Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 600 mm (equiv.), various settings, manual exposure in available light. 

Music - "Starry" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com (RF).



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