button.belly

Doing we research for something biologic, I came across the site of a biologist I knew some time ago named Andre. In common was our interest in cabbage white butterflies. He raised them by the thousands for research. I caught them if I wasn't feeling lazy.

I noticed he had photos up on his site - travel pictures, friends, social potest, and the like. Although archived too was an odd little page called "bellybuttons"

Yes, simple as that! 28 "umbigos" which is apparently what bellybutton translates to in Portuguese, where Andre lives. So I assume they are all Portuguese bellybuttons, even the dog ones (no cats?). The composite shot (for the love of god, I hope that is what it is) is a little creepy, but I appreciate to for its creepy quality all the same and the fantastical mental image of a baby connected to 28 mothers.

But riddle me this - no outties?

Thinking back on it after noticing the dearth, I actually can't recall the last time I either seen nor heard to one referred to. Where have they gone? I should know the answer but I don't. Perhaps that particular knot has gone out of fashion or something. Maybe with the advent of velcro we don't need buttons.