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the butterfly does not want to take nourishment, the trunk remains 
rolled in a spiral. Some are so short, that they scarcely make one 








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turn and a half or two turns; some larger sized make three turns 
and a half or four turns; lastly, some very long are curled as 
many as eight or ten times. 
This is how the butterfly makes use of its trunk: When it is 
fluttering round a flower, it will very soon settle on or quite 
close to it. It then brings it forward entirely or almost entirely 
unrolled; very soon afterwards it almost straightens it, directs 
it downwards, and plunges it into the flower. Sometimes it 
draws it out a moment after, curves it, twists it a little, and 
sometimes even curls it partially up. Immediately it straightens 
it again, to plunge it a second time into the same flower. It 
repeats the same manceuvre seven or eight times, and then flies 
on to another. 
