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Monarch Butterfly Migration - Mexico - Mariposas monarcas

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Uploaded by on Feb 18, 2009

Each winter, 20 million monarch butterflies from Canada come to the Mexican state of Michoacan, seeking the perfect combination of fir trees, food, and temperature at over 10,000 feet to breed and feed before flying north. This particular February day 2009, the sun was shining, which led to a lot of activity in the air.

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  • How do the monarchs know when to go to Mexico?

    How do they know which way to fly?

    How fast, how far, and how high do they travel?

    And how do they know when they have arrived--at a small speck on the planet where none has ever been before?

  • solelunaNY,

    A short answer is: they rely on instincts which we humans have alienated ourselves from. They use Earth's magnetic field to navigate. We once relied on natural forces too, but modern technology has alienated us from these gifts of nature. = (

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  • Es magico...Gracias...desde Italia- Firenze

  • holy shit im high

  • The first song to this isn't Crazytown (Thank god)

    it's by The Be Good Tanyas.

  • The music to this isn't Crazytown (Thank god)

    it's by The Be Good Tanyas.

  • The music to this isn't Crazytown (Thank god)

    it's by The Be Good Tanyas. I think the song is ootischenia

  • It is said that monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico around the same time the day of the dead is celebrated. The butterfly is also a symbol of the carrier of dead souls before purgatory. Why is this so?

  • Thank you for this beautiful video! What is the music to it?

  • Thank you for this beautiful video! What is the music to it?

  • thats why the michoacan soccer team is called monarcas!

  • nice corpse @ 2:10

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