Endangered Species - the Monarch Butterfly
January 25th, 2008
Photo Credit: WWF-Canon / Fritz Pölking
The average adult Monarch butterfly lives about 4 to 5 weeks. However, there is a special type of Monarch, called the “Methuselah generation,” that participate in an incredible migration taking them from Canada and the U.S to a region in central Mexico.
“Awell-preserved forest ecosystem in Mexico is critical for the survival of the Monarch butterfly wintering, which has been recognized as an endangered biological phenomenon, and the first priority in world butterfly conservation,” according the the World Wildlife Fund’s website.
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