Monarch migrate from a specific location in the Sierra Madres in Mexico to the north is like a relay race! The original butterfly dies along the way, but the offspring it leaves behind continues on to the north where the cycle will start again in the fall.
As fall approaches in the north, 2000 miles from their starting point, non-reproductive monarchs are born. These are the butterflies that will migrate south. They will not reproduce again until the following spring.
It is like your Grandmother started a journey. She dies but your mother who has never been to grandmas house continues the journey. She dies and you without every seeing or knowing returns to grandmas house.
2006-09-15
06:33:40
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