Knock Off

This is what I call love at first sight :

Alexander Mcqueen Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

And if that wasn't good enough, it comes with a matching heels that if fairies were not merely mythical creatures, they would definitely have fights among themselves over who get to wear and keep this look.

Talking about butterflies. The orange color of these Mcqueen's dress reminds me of the ever-so-fascinating Monarch butterflies, a species that migrates in winter to escape the chills.

The Monarch butterflies are poisonous, resulting from the plant they feed on while they are in the caterpillar stage so birds would normally stay away from them the second time they encounter these pretty butterflies. Of course, the lesson must be learnt the hard way; they have to eat them the first time around in order to experience the discomfort the poison will have on their stomach which sometimes will lead to the poor birds vomiting.

Another species of butterflies, the Visceroy butterflies, upon learning about the cool trick that the Monarch butterflies have up its sleeves wings, thought that it would be awesome to mimic those seemingly simple self-defense requiring not much of an effort other than just by looking the right part. Shallow as it might seem, that is one fact that we just can't escape living in our time; unless you are willing to work 10 times harder.

Being the street-smart species that they are, the Visceroyers decided to adopt this brilliant trick and over time, their coloration evolved and tada!, now the Visceroyers look just like their friends, the Monarchers. No statements have ever been solicited from a member of Monarch on how they really feel about the whole copycat thing-y, seeing as to now their looks are not exclusive anymore.

Here's how they both look now, side by side :

Remarkable, ain't it? Such wonder of nature.

We humans are no different from the animal kingdom, really. Each of us has our own defense mechanism when it comes to dealing with predators of the real world; some just act downright crazy when put in a stressful situation, some prefer to just hide beneath the blanket and refuse to come out, some smoke, some do drugs, some punch the predators in the nuts, while some erm, do sudoku. Or blog just to escape the anxiety of the approaching exams.