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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 May 2013

    If butterflies were in charge, I wonder if they'd capture humans, put us on display, and admire our beauty & our differences?

    5:16 PM - 5 May 2013
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      2. Personal Beavis‏ @red_mercer 5 May 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Butterflies have way worse adolescences than humans

        1 reply 4 retweets 10 likes
      3. Thomas DiNatale‏ @TomDiNatale 5 May 2013
        Replying to @red_mercer

        @red_mercer @neiltyson Butterflies probably look down on us for not restructuring our cells into a new form from scratch during adolescence.

        1 reply 5 retweets 2 likes
      4. Personal Beavis‏ @red_mercer 5 May 2013
        Replying to @TomDiNatale

        @TomDiNatale @neiltyson Also, we can't smell a woman in estrus from miles away

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
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      2. Mat Edgar‏ @matedgar 5 May 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson and name the chaos theory after us.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Matt‏ @Kintaro51 5 May 2013
        Replying to @matedgar

        @MatEdgar @neiltyson female butterflies would have human tattoos on their lower backs

        0 replies 3 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Chuck‏ @mistergone 5 May 2013
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        @dan_munz @neiltyson Any consideration of what another sentient species would do is weakened considerably by having only one case study.

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      1. Jay Rishel‏ @jrishel 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson they'd tell each other facts "did you know humans have mouths their entire lives and taste with their tongues?"

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      2. God  🌈‏ @TheGoodGodAbove 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson They'd do worse! You've clearly never been to the Butterfly Planet.

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      1. Tomb  👻 Maxwell‏Verified account @universalshow 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson probably not, but there would be a hell of a lot more flowers.

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      1. Big Man B (Got Horns fasho...)‏ @Deus_Ex_Human 5 May 2013
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        RT @neiltyson If butterflies were in charge, I wonder if they'd capture humans, put us on display, and admire our beauty & our differences?

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      1. ♡‏ @parischandlerr 6 May 2013
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        “@neiltyson: If butterflies were in charge, I wonder if they'd capture humans, put us on display, and admire our beauty & our differences?”

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      1. JivaDeVoe‏ @JivaDeVoe 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson they’d impale us with pins.

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      1. Yoenis Cespedes‏ @AppFlyer 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson HELL NO. They don't have thumbs.

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      1. Erik Magraken‏ @erikmagraken 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson yes. yes they would.

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      1. Jeff Glucker‏Verified account @jglucker 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson how quickly we forget that mice are in charge... We're merely in 3rd place.

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      2. Josh Thomas‏Verified account @JoshThomas87 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson You think we are in charge?

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