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 first part of the statement -- the U.S. share of the worldâs population -- is pretty much correct. The U.S. has a population of 319.4 million while the global population is about 7.2 billion, according to the Census Bureau. That works out to a 4.4 percent share of the worldâs population.