News Stories  Butterflies & Laughing Dogs  Have you ever
wondered why butterflies are calledBUTTERflies? They should be
called "flutter-bys" instead,because of their seemingly random
flight patterns. In LewisCarroll's "Alice in Wonderland,"
illustrator John Tennieldrew illustrations of sticks of butter
with wings on them.Now ornithologists have discovered that
butterflies do notflutter aimlessly, but are actually following
precise flightpaths. And dog owners have long said that their
pets both smileand laugh, but scientists have insisted this was
all in thepet owners' imaginations?until now.  British
researchers attached tiny transponders tobutterflies' backs so
they could track them with radar. Theywere originally trying to
make sure there was plenty of foodfor them at the places where
they like to touch down duringtheir migrations. They discovered
the insects' flights arenot random at all.  In recent years,
scientists have been able to decipher themysterious "bee dance"
that honeybees do when they returnfro