Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Passionflowers are not commonly eaten by butterfly caterpillars because they contain cyanide compounds. But some butterflies have not only learned to eat them but use the cyanide compounds to ward off would-be predators.
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