Monarch butterflies are on their way to Mexico. States are helping them on their way

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD BECAUSE EVERYBODY PROBABLY ASSUMES THESE TINY INSECTS JUST CASUALLY FLOAT AROUND A GARDEN BUT EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE CURRENTLY COMMITTING TO A WHOLE FLIGHT OF OVER TWO THOUSAND MILES SOUTH RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. JUST TO OVERWINTER IN MEXICO WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE TINY POLLINATORS MAKING A MASSIVE CONTINENTAL JOURNEY AND NOW ENTIRE STATES ARE APPARENTLY INVOLVED IN A PROJECT TO HELP THEM ON THEIR WAY AND THE THING IS WE DO NOT EVEN GET THE EXACT LOGISTICS OF WHAT THE STATES ARE BUILDING OR DOING FOR THEM JUST THAT THERE IS A WHOLE EFFORT TO BACK THESE MIGRATING BUGS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF MILES WHICH MEANS AN INSECT HAS A BETTER COMMUTE PLAN THAN ME. ANYWAY I AM GOING TO GO THINK ABOUT MY LIFE.

SO SOMEBODY FINALLY LOOKED INTO IT AND AS OF RIGHT NOW EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE OFFICIALLY IN TRANSIT FLYING MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND MILES SOUTH RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. TO OVERWINTER IN MEXICO WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THESE ARE DELICATE POLLINATORS TRAVERSING HALF A CONTINENT AND THE THING IS MULTIPLE STATES ARE NOW ACTIVELY STEPPING IN WITH A PROJECT DEDICATED TO HELPING THEM ALONG THEIR JOURNEY AND NPR DOES NOT SPELL OUT EVERY SINGLE ACTION THE STATES ARE TAKING BUT IT MEANS THOUSANDS OF MILES OF FLIGHT PATH HAVE ACTUAL COORDINATED BACKING WHICH FEELS LIKE A MAJESTIC NATURE DOCUMENTARY HAPPENING RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS AND ACROSS ENTIRE REGIONS. ANYWAY I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE TAXI.

Eastern monarch butterflies are traveling over 2,000 miles through the central U.S. to overwinter in Mexico, supported by a multistate conservation effort.

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