I saw a picture on the Fine Art America site and thought it was AI-created. It was a butterfly on the nose of a turtle. So i screenprinted it and ran it through HIVE, and it was not AI-generated. So let's go see about butterflies on turtle noses.
In summary, butterflies land on turtle noses to drink their tears for vital salt and minerals. It happens in rainforests as rainforest soil and flower nectar lack enough sodium and amino acids. The behaviour is called "tear feeding." Sometimes there are a lot of butterflies around a turtle, and so when they become too bothersome, turtles slide back into the water. This is specific to the western Amazon basin in Peru and Ecuador.
Our North American turtles? They don't eat butterflies - they are omnivores or carnivores. Butterflies are pretty fast-flying to be regular food for them.
And our butterflies in our conservatories are well-nourished, so no need to visit the turtles there.
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