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If a butterfly's wings flap in one part of the Earth can cause a tornado in another part of it, what could other insects' and other small animals movements cause?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) October 15th, 2011

As asked in the tiltle.

And why are there so few tornados compared to the amount of butterflies that are around?

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HungryGuy's avatar

I think moths cause typhoons 1000 miles away. Bumblebees cause earthquakes between 200 and 600 miles away. Mosquitoes cause tornadoes about 800 to 900 miles away. Gnats are so tiny they only cause thunderstorms between 50 and 75 miles away.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

They can all do that. They rarely do, however.

Chaotic systems develop stable states over time, grooves in a record where the typical actions of any part of the complicated system are cancelled out by the typical actions of other participants in a system. Balanced states exist for long periods until the math gives out and the system jumps rapidly to a new stable state; a different groove on the record.

And a platypus sneezing caused the rise of Herman Cain.

Coloma's avatar

Well..the movements of a renegade wasp hovering over my bed last night made me leap out of bed and slam my head into a metal wall sculpture. :-/

Coloma's avatar

Oh, just last night, my neighbors buckskin Mule “Dove” was chasing and pummeling one of their sheep and the commotion made both of us run outside thinking the sheep was being attacked by a coyote or big cat…nope, just a pissed off mule, we don’t know what the sheep did to make her so mad but she had him on the ground with her jaws around his neck!

When farm animals go bad!

marinelife's avatar

The earth to move?

ucme's avatar

A dung beetle has the potential to cause untold damage across entire continents, that’s just the way their shit rolls man.

Blackberry's avatar

I don’t think a butterfly’s wing flap can cause tornados.

Coloma's avatar

@ucme
LOL, I love dung beetles

ucme's avatar

@Coloma Yeah, you have to admire their powers of organisation, they definitely have their shit together.

Mantralantis's avatar

Well, as far as insects are concerned, I would say their movements would cause a lot of profane verbalisms among humans when they try to stop them from moving. Yeppers.

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