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Woahhhhhhhhh means my dancing is part of the electic world.

Holy crap! This could explain the theory that birds evolved to sense electromagnetism in their beaks! If they can find the food source easier it passes to the next generation.

Bonus side effect; it's doubles as a migrational GPS tool.

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This is the greatest day of that photoshop guy’s life

Can high enough densities and enough swarms of insects fly that high?

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Are we thinking of the same thing?

The butterfly effect already has a scientific basis, it's called the entire mathematical field of dynamical systems

Could explain droughts?

Didn't they recently discover that birds ability to sense magnetic fields are connected to their eyes? Or have I dreamt this up

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I'm curious if this adaptation in birds came from the electromagnetic sensory receptors shared by other archosaurs (I.e. crocodilians) or was convergently adapted utilizing other pathways (visual/tactile). Either way, the atmospheric impact of insects is a fascinating subject. Shame we are waging unmitigated war on them.

Not only birds. We also have the same physical feature - I think it’s a concentration of iron or something, but we cannot use it anymore.