Quick Answer. Butterflies eat by sipping nectar and other liquids through their proboscis, a tubular appendage that functions like a straw. The larvae of butterflies, called caterpillars, feed voraciously on plant material, especially leaves.
Tweet. While Americans comprise only 5 percent of the world population, we consume an incredible 50 percent of Big Pharmaâs drugs, as explained in Jeff Haysâ documentary film, Doctored. Make no mistake. These drugs are meant to keep us imprisoned in poor health, not heal us. Itâs time to kick the drug habit America.
The United States, for example, contains just five percent of world population, yet contributes a quarter of total CO2 output. But while population growth is stagnant or dropping in most developed countries (except for the U.S., due to immigration), it is rising rapidly in quickly industrializing developing nations.