h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's a butterphant, of course

What do they eat?

Judging from their wings and trunks they suck nectar out of giant flowers

I see. So I need some giant flowers.

Good thinking

If you don't want butterphants around, don't grow giant flowers.

But they are so gentle and awesome, paulh

Just don't put your feet where they will tread

The look pretty.

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"But they are so gentle and awesome, paulh. Just don't put your feet where they will tread" [Pierce]

I like gentle and awesome, Pierce. If they fly all the time, I don't see how they tread. Plus, I'm fine with putting my feet *before* they come along.

They will have to rest from time to time and having one standing on your foot is probably less than comfortable

Since they are so gentle, I imagine that they will be courteous enough to let me move away before they land.

I'm sure they are beautiful, though. I can be forgiven for wanting to get close enough to admire them. Do they eat peanuts and bananas, or they look for gigantic flowers to sip nectar from?

peanuts, bananas and nectar is a good guess

It would take all three to give the butterphant enough calories. Those wings have to work awfully hard to keep the body airborne.

That's what I was thinking. Humming birds eat nectar to be able to fly

I hope they don't eat steak.

What "they" do you mean, butterphants or hummingbirds?"

Butterphants. Humminbird's dinner can't be... dangerous to me.

Well, I had this vision of hummingbirds daintily feasting on very tiny steaks.

Keep it down, you are scaring the bovine occupants here in the greenhouse