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To: Gargantua

Cool I didn’t know that. I’ll have to look next time.


42 posted on 06/18/2011 1:57:15 PM PDT by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: MsLady
Select "Images" in Google and then Google "monarch chrysalis"

The dern coccoon is more stunningly beautiful than the flippin butterfly. I used to collect them as a kid and watch them open in my bedroom.

The newly-hatched butterflies crawl out all wet and wobbly and kinda stuck together--looking like a shiny, black miniature horror monster. Then you have to place them in direct sunlight (they won't hatch if the day is overcast or rainy!).

They hang feebly on the empty chrysalis-husk and they slowly start to move their wings. As the wings dry and expand, the motions become faster and more well-coordinated, speeding up and speeding up until...

... it just flies away.

Truly a religious experience. One of many from my youth.

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57 posted on 06/18/2011 4:16:06 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Palin 2012 ~ Going Oval" ©2010 by Gargantua)
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