What's not to love about butterflies?
About this episode
This episode explores the fascinating world of butterflies, their beauty, and their life cycle.
Butterflies are incredible in so many ways! Their beauty alone is good enough reason to admire them, but there's so much more. Reacquaint yourself with their magic. Butterflies: masters of disguise Migration and overwintering (monarchs) What happens inside a chrysalis? (sorry, I can only find this on one Facebook) Monarch butterfly metamorphosis time-lapse (YouTube) Monarch butterfly life cycle (YouTube) Butterfly Conservation (UK-based butterfly and moth charity) Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseastLicence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0 Cover image of butterfly from Pixabay (artist: Trek_Jason https://pixabay.com/photos/butterfly-wings-insect-eye-plant-7949342)
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