What, you've never heard of space butterflies before? I'm not surprised, since they're very shy and private creatures. They're actually pretty fat and lazy too. Strange, I know...an overweight butterfly? Is that even possible? Well, yes it is.
Think about it - when you see a butterfly here on Earth they have to work pretty hard to combat gravity. Sure their bodies are light, but when they fly all they're doing is flapping flapping flapping. There is no gliding or soaring or riding the wind like a bird. If they don't flap then they plummet.
But a space butterfly has no gravity to contend with. None at all! So it's one flap and they're off to their destination. That equals no calories burnt, and makes them very lazy and large. Even the ones who live near the moon (to take advantage of the spacious cocoons of course) have much less gravity to deal with, so 4 or 5 moon flaps equals something like 40 or 50 Earth flaps.
But the fattest and laziest space butterflies of all are the ones that insist on using the moon rover left behind by Apollo 15 as their sole source of transportation!
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