Fly my beauties

Anonymous - - United States

Today, my first graders released the butterflies we've been raising. The kids were sad that one had died in his cocoon and wouldn't be set free. Turns out that butterfly may have had a better fate: a flock of birds ate half of the others. Immediately after releasing them. In front of the kids. FML
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anglcdvl89 0

So they learn about life and death...killing two birds with one stone. Or two butterflies with one bird. Take your pick.

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boatiebanter 0

#4/5: You are aware that there a lots of different kinds of birds, right? With different diets? There aren't really enough worms in the world to sustain the entire avian population. Plenty of birds are insectivores. And, at least the kids learned about 'the circle of life'? I would have been pretty upset if a bird ate my butterfly though :(

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rabidhatter 0

That's not FML, that's nature. Animals eat other animals. We shelter our kids too much, where do they think the chicken bites they love so much came from? Hint: they didn't grow on a tree.

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llSgtScopell 0

Well they learned a valuable food chain lesson then!

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rukusrazor 0

Should have showed them the entire food chain by then killing the birds, and eatting them.

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RPGod 0

That's nature. We coddle our infants too much.

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Good_old_Grim 8

Monarch butterflies do get eaten by birds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly#Predators

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federalboobinspe 0

I hope you collected the children's tears to use as lube later.

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NGM_KID 0

Meh! They were going to die sooner or later cause butterflies only live about 2-4 weeks after hatching from the their crystalis....

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Broken_Mirror 0

awesome life lesson for the kiddies.

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