Despite its name, blue morpho butterfly’s wings are not actually blue at all! While they may appear this way, this is not the result of pigmentation. It is actually caused by the way light reflects off the microscopic scales on its wings.
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Untamed from Nat Geo Wild. Follow filmmaker Filipe DeAndrade and his two best friends as they travel throughout Costa Rica in search of the most diverse, iconic and unexpected animal species the country has to offer.
