Unraveling the Great Butterfly Migration Mystery

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@besmart
@besmart 5 жыл бұрын
This is a video I've wanted to make for almost 5 years. Visiting the monarch winter forest was a dream come true, and I am so excited to share it with you. And please check out the video we made over on Atlas Obscura to learn more about the history of this place. Finally, we made a VR180 video so you can feel (and hear!) what it was like to be there. Links to all that in the description. Check them all out, you won't be sorry 🤓
@whoisthis7826
@whoisthis7826 5 жыл бұрын
5 YEARS!!! You waited this long
@qmsajidata
@qmsajidata 5 жыл бұрын
The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity...
@AdventuringwithTrevor
@AdventuringwithTrevor 5 жыл бұрын
Here before this is number 1 trending
@sahinyasar9119
@sahinyasar9119 5 жыл бұрын
i think there is some researchers was looking this butterfly for understand how to make good plane but i dont remember who was they are
@thinkabout288
@thinkabout288 5 жыл бұрын
awesome juST AWESOME thanks BTW here before 1st
@IvanSolonenko
@IvanSolonenko 5 жыл бұрын
Literally the best story about nature I've heard in my entire life.
@pyrotheevilplatypus
@pyrotheevilplatypus 5 жыл бұрын
IMAX had an amazing documentary on how we discovered all this!
@kingkrool1935
@kingkrool1935 4 жыл бұрын
Monarch butterflies are my biggest phobia
@katherinenowacki7230
@katherinenowacki7230 3 жыл бұрын
Wow !!! MAN, you're FORTUNE - Monger úpon the Ease whichever your! offer a Word of Appease to Video that produced rather Chilly effect in me BUT maybe only because it is really sad to perceive DEATH surrounding Everything that ONCE was so lively and teeming with force of survival as Energy that cannot be denied in ANY way unless the Shadow of the End arrives on the doorstep of its fragile environment and creates indigenous to it~ Scenario for Full ~ fledged Grief, although NOT ALWAYS perceived as if an open book capablé of being read with an interest and ease interpreting phenomenon of "Survival after Experience of Death" whether with the Full involvement of the Senses or Individual experience of it which completely transforms the psyche AND available Sensitivities attuned to "feeling" it from up close and afar or from without onto within where ALL the Elements of Ghostly Gravitational Composure in Appearances DO Create a Landscape of NOT Exactly Imagined Classic Production from Hollywood but instead, are leading through the intricacies of the Darkest of Labyrinths known to Human where Greatest Mystics in "recorded" History have spent it's Lifetimes while pondering the Mystery of SURVIVAL and it's INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE! as Limit of Available ENERGIES synchronized with the Cosmic Scales in Existing Universe dependent on Forces governing it's Passage of Time upon Historical interactions with Binding it FUTURE and PAST as if Mirror Imagery in Environments similar, if not Identical to Contemporary to our own with the difference of the "TIMESTEPS" being taken in the same span of its Survival Vector which the further the Constant leads in time, the more complex CHALLENGES the EXTANT does face AND EXPERIENCES while AGING along with it in EACH, SEPARATE segment of Survival in CONSEQUTIVE LIVES being lived while REPEATING the Cycles within ALLOW DIMENSIONS when the Need for Such Return Occurs as NO ONE is able to predict a MOMENT OF RE~AWAKENING in the Great, Frozen Zone of the Solar System stowed away amidst similar particles as our own brought forth as DUSTS of ENCAPSULATED LIFE’s SOULS with its Fractional MEMORIES while Other ARE being returned to Planetary Environment AFTER "PURIFICATION" always awaiting a Passage of COMETS with its varying periods of return in different historical epochs with the NEEDS predetermined by Life's Consequences and Necessary Futures to Evolve while PRESERVING MEMORIES of the ONES that DEPARTED in its Individually Existing Potential AND Capacity for Survival or it's Original Purpose or a Ultimate Cause known ONLY to Ties that Bind Realities with its NURTURING PATTERNS throughout the LIFETIMES of Forms creating a SOLID BASE that dwells in Realm of Darkness and Luminescence where One is Always a Background for the Other as the Supported One in Added GLOW of Prominence similar to the Nature of Stars and Enigma of Dark Energy with its 3~Dimensíonal, Super~Sensitive Fabric of Space as DOMAIN of the GREAT UNKNOWN ONE dwelling in Each UNIVERSE and BEYOND while navigating FATE in ALL DIMENSIONS and ITS SHADOW ENTITIES AS ONE in Present, Future and Past EVEN IF THE MEMORIES HAPPENED TO HAVE BEEN WEAK OR LOST.
@Becky-ol4tm
@Becky-ol4tm 3 жыл бұрын
@@katherinenowacki7230 so, what are you saying?
@dyscea
@dyscea 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. There’s tons of fave nature stories, but this is definitely up there.
@matthowell6562
@matthowell6562 5 жыл бұрын
When I was a young boy in 1973, the monarchs changed their usual migratory course and flew through Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a spectacular sight, especially for a boy who was at the right age to be fascinated with all things bugs. The adults all talked about how it had never happened before. It has certainly not happened since. Yet I keep hoping that it might. If you could answer the question of why it happened then, I would be grateful.
@richardwalton6993
@richardwalton6993 Жыл бұрын
As to why they took an anomalous route that year: the answer might centre around the availability of food (as detected down wind), in a year where weather and water were leading factors. Another puzzle might also be explained: The long migratory flight and return to a specific site in Central America could be connected to pheromones left at the trees by the previous gathering. The hypothesis: that subsequent butterflies use both compass and internal clock to navigate a route that always brings them close enough to wind borne pheromones. The pheromones then guide them the rest of the way.
@toiangaran
@toiangaran 5 жыл бұрын
Everyone, please consider planting milkweed and native flowers to support these butterflies on their journeys! It's super easy and you can plant them pretty much anywhere along and around their migration route! (upvote for visibility)
@Insect_Expert1489
@Insect_Expert1489 2 жыл бұрын
not just milkweed Native milkweeds
@nickking1510
@nickking1510 2 жыл бұрын
1000% agree. Where I live in North America the counties and highways spray the ditches with herbicide and it kill the milk weed and the butterflies 1000% not happy with these hypocrites running the . Also seen it being sprayed in ditches streams and wet lands next to roads
@germangarduno742
@germangarduno742 5 жыл бұрын
It’s beyond beautiful, there’s no way to describe it, you have to be there Thanks for the great video as always! Greetings from México
@besmart
@besmart 5 жыл бұрын
It really is beyond belief. The sound of their wings… AMAZING
@CM-js5bh
@CM-js5bh 5 жыл бұрын
But, the pass of many people in that places threaten the butterfly, it should be a closed site, no one should set foot on it.
@virginiamoss7045
@virginiamoss7045 3 жыл бұрын
@@CM-js5bh I agree.
@micahbirdlover8152
@micahbirdlover8152 2 жыл бұрын
@@besmart I Love your videos it's okay to smart 🤓
@micahbirdlover8152
@micahbirdlover8152 2 жыл бұрын
@@besmart I love butterflies 🥰🦋
@atlasobscura
@atlasobscura 5 жыл бұрын
You waited 5 years to see this, Joe?! Amazing. Glad we could join you for this experience :) Thanks for coming out!
@AdamShaiken
@AdamShaiken 5 жыл бұрын
Monarch migration is an absolutely incredible phenomenon. I was 16 and I was taking my little brother to fill up his new Hippity Hop when I observed an enormous cloud of monarch butterflies that literally obscured the light of the sky and sun on Christmas Day 1980 in Morro Bay State Park. There were so many that the eucalyptus trees as well as all of the other available fence and plant surfaces were camouflaged in monarch orange and black while at the same time the sky was darkened with the remaining swarm that was still flying and couldn't find a surface to alight and appeared to be flying in formation. Seemingly breathing, constantly ebbing and flowing like a schooling mass of fish in the ocean. Indeed, it was at once such a remarkable sight to behold that I had to pull over and park on the side of the road with my little brother for a few minutes to just stare in awe at this magnificent manifestation of nature ! When I chose to proceed and head home I had to turn on the headlights of the vehicle for a while(and this was at 9:30-10:00 on Christmas morning).
@colevandyk7106
@colevandyk7106 Жыл бұрын
That's a kick ass Christmas gift from Mother Nature
@nbmooselovers
@nbmooselovers 2 жыл бұрын
I am a 63 year old man from New Brunswick Canada. I have seen butterfly's all my life, but never knew much about them. I just filmed a Monarch in my yard the other day and posted the video on my channel. So when I went looking for some butterfly info for the video introduction I found this channel. "Thank You"! I enjoyed this video immensely, and learned a lot about butterfly's that I had no idea of. Especially about the migration, and their navigating abilities. Thanks again.
@JadeHummingbird
@JadeHummingbird Жыл бұрын
I am a Nature guide for young kids and this is seriously one of my favorite videos about Monarchs on KZbin. Thank you so so so so much for this incredible explanation ❤
@Moss_piglets
@Moss_piglets 3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother loves butterflies and I remembered her planting milkweed every year in her garden when I was a child. Every year they came. She loves it so much that my grandpa took the entire family to Mexico to witness the swarm. Imagine being surrounded by millions of butterflies as an 8 year old. I was scared but so excited. That trip changed my life forever and I knew I wanted to do something to help nature/creatures in this planet. 19 years later, I am now a biologist helping animals. The sanctuaries in Mexico are open to the public and highly recommend to those who can go. My grandma still plants milkweed, but sadly, very few monarchs were seen the last two years here in NYC. Please plant native milkweed if you're in the US especially the west coast. They are threatened and if we can save the monarchs, the future generations can witness the same phenomenon I did as a child.
@jakerodrocks
@jakerodrocks 3 жыл бұрын
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@janemoore4395
@janemoore4395 Ай бұрын
Wow how lucky for you that your grandmother introduced you to the life of butterflies! And even better you are a biologist! I finally got my mother to plant a milkweed in her garden a few months ago; let's see how it does. I just have an apartment with a small deck, so I'm not sure how milkweed would grow on a deck.
@KimberlyCrick
@KimberlyCrick 5 жыл бұрын
I have a garden full of milkweed and other native wildflowers to help my local butterflies. I love to imagine them on this journey and maybe some of the caterpillars born in my yard were ones you saw on your adventure. Thank you for sharing this amazing event with the world :)
@besmart
@besmart 5 жыл бұрын
You rock! An example for everyone
@yunhin9631
@yunhin9631 5 жыл бұрын
Most species of milkweed are extremely toxic, keep them away from any children
@mister8800
@mister8800 5 жыл бұрын
You can still assist them with a little cage and keep the caterpillars in their with cuttings so the won't get picked off by wasps or infected by that horrible aggressive Tachinid fly which I believe is a huge reason for their declining numbers in the western population.
@lepidlover0557
@lepidlover0557 3 жыл бұрын
@@yunhin9631 just don't eat them or get the sap in your eyes or on any open wounds
@lepidlover0557
@lepidlover0557 3 жыл бұрын
@@mister8800 Habitat lost is the main reason why the Western Monarch populations have been declining. People clearing land, mowing their yards, spraying herbicides alongside farmers has caused Milkweed to become harder for Monarch Butterflies to find and lay their eggs on.
@jaimanparekh4616
@jaimanparekh4616 5 жыл бұрын
Monarchs truly makes the meaning of ‘for a greater purpose’ so much more epic
@xNathan2439x
@xNathan2439x 5 жыл бұрын
Im about halfway through the video and it is amazing what life does. It makes me feel special to be human.. But it also makes me feel scared. Life is so strange and unique, And im so happy i got the opportunity to be able to comprehend it. Thank you for the video.
@TiegonBerry
@TiegonBerry 5 жыл бұрын
yes and way actually watch the video and THEN comment. Respect.
@xNathan2439x
@xNathan2439x 5 жыл бұрын
@@TiegonBerry i watched the whole video I never knew how complicated the life cycle and journey the monarch butterflies went through was. And it just drew something deeper out of me I get the opportunity in life To look at a butterfly, and realize how much work evolution put into their biology. How the butterflies can pack so much information into so few neurons. Its incredible! And at about 4 minutes i did want to express my the way i was feeling. Science can sometimes make you feel so distinctly different. To know that we are all connected, and that i just as easily could have been born a monach butterfly larvae, with only the instinct to eventually get my generational group to some random mountians so we can stsrt the process all over again. Its just mind blowing to me that life can be so complex with so little to work with.
@TiegonBerry
@TiegonBerry 5 жыл бұрын
@@xNathan2439x Yes! I am proud that you actually provided watch time unlike the people who just say first or try to make a joke based on the title with out watching. I have a problem with comment channels that just comment and then leave as they can actually hurt the video when the algorithm sees a person leave right away. Nathan unlike the bad actors you are the good side of youtube keep it up!
@xNathan2439x
@xNathan2439x 5 жыл бұрын
@@TiegonBerry yeah i have notifications turned on The video hadn'tnt actually been out long enough for me to have watched the whole thing So i thought it would be good to say how far i was into it. Thank you for the complement You really made my day with that..
@shellyslioneyes
@shellyslioneyes 5 жыл бұрын
NATHAN BRANNON It gotta be God. Its too complex to be random neurons.
@olliepope5775
@olliepope5775 3 жыл бұрын
The most amazing thing about this is that over lake superior they take a sudden eastward turn because millions of years ago, there was a mountain there that they couldn't have flown over. Today's generations of monarch butterflies still make that turn despite the mountain no longer existing
@Bmizzzle1
@Bmizzzle1 26 күн бұрын
Me and my wife have raised Monarchs as a summer hobby, for the last 8 years. They are very special to us. My heart sings every time we release one. I just released a Super Monarch one week ago, and he shot off like a rocket- directly SoutWest. He was so fast we couldnt even get a video of him. God Bless the Monarchs. Great video!
@SophieLovesSunsets
@SophieLovesSunsets 4 жыл бұрын
Lovely video :) A monarch butterfly landed on my shoulder this morning when I was out in the garden having my morning coffee. It's those moments in life that really make you appreciate nature. Butterflies are so beautiful 🦋🦋🦋
@giraoshaw
@giraoshaw 5 жыл бұрын
Me: what time is it? Monarch Butterfly: _it's antenna-clock_
@mentosmint1832
@mentosmint1832 5 жыл бұрын
It is almost a quarter to next antenna
@sasshole8121
@sasshole8121 5 жыл бұрын
It's a-me-Mario!
@tommyvictorbuch6960
@tommyvictorbuch6960 5 жыл бұрын
I was there with my Mexican girlfriend (I'm Danish) about one month ago, and I can confirm Joe's "amazing claim." I can also recommend the hotels in the beautiful town Angangueo close to the butterflies, if one day isn't enough to take it all in. Kind regards from Mexico and Denmark.
@Toomuchbullshitt
@Toomuchbullshitt Жыл бұрын
If you ever go back down to Mexico during the winter make sure to visit and see the river of raptors in Veracruz. It is the largest annual migration for bird of preys in the world and you’ll see so many bird of preys in one spot. Not that many snowbirds who travel down to Mexico during the winter know of this event.
@CinnamonWithATwist
@CinnamonWithATwist 5 жыл бұрын
just this morning I was telling my mom about how monarchs go through multiple generations while migrating, and then you upload this today. turns out it's even cooler than I realized.
@collinmc90
@collinmc90 2 жыл бұрын
this is mind blowing. Nature is so beyond complex we don't even fully understand it. I love that.
@Hambxne
@Hambxne 5 жыл бұрын
brings back a lot of childhood memories for me. i used to raise monarchs every spring with my mom
@Indoraptoad
@Indoraptoad 5 жыл бұрын
UP NEXT: Why Nature Love Hexagons. Me: looks a Joes profile picture. Hmm what’s that shape?
@undecidedcauliflower1719
@undecidedcauliflower1719 5 жыл бұрын
@@travelmaniak3127 r/wooooosh
@mangosquirrel
@mangosquirrel 5 жыл бұрын
Who's joe
@anaksamanananggal3940
@anaksamanananggal3940 4 жыл бұрын
@@mangosquirrel Joe mama🤣🤣
@kaishafarrington9183
@kaishafarrington9183 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely marvelous. The designer of the monarch butterfly, surely knew what he was doing
@Martin_Tyto
@Martin_Tyto 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I was literally just cleaning my milkweed garden for the coming months while this was posted!
@onewithnature1WN
@onewithnature1WN 5 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky to see the monarchs in the same place in Mexico, it was amazing!!! Awesome video, great info!
@mastershadowreaper
@mastershadowreaper 5 жыл бұрын
We don't understand and appreciate how smart the world around us really is
@virginiamoss7045
@virginiamoss7045 3 жыл бұрын
Not so much "smart" as complex and not like us. We call ourselves smart relative to all other animals, but we walk around very oblivious to most everything around us. Of course, that frees up our brains to do other things since we don't have to worry about being attacked by wild animals, only our own kind.
@diannefitzmaurice9813
@diannefitzmaurice9813 7 ай бұрын
So true .
@kevinbyrne4538
@kevinbyrne4538 5 жыл бұрын
What an incredible insect. They remind me of hummingbirds -- tiny birds that make enormous migrations across the continent.
@maxinefely5875
@maxinefely5875 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, we have the same manifestation on the Central Coast of California. Specifically between Pismo Beach and Grover City. Have loved seeing it againn and again. Nature is magic💖
@amy7189
@amy7189 5 жыл бұрын
So cool that you teamed up with Atlas Obscura! Anyhoo, between this video and the most recent Scishow Space video, I'm feeling very tiny and insignificant in this amazing, mind-bogglingly vast universe
@MegaSamrath
@MegaSamrath 5 жыл бұрын
Man this is one of the best fascinating story ever watched on KZbin.
@rickkings2071
@rickkings2071 3 жыл бұрын
In Southern California in the early 80's I remember seeing a lot of them not a massive cloud like some have said but it covered one driveway length 6 foot tall bush. I remember picking one up and putting it back on the bush and being amazed how many just sat there and they didn't fly away when I got close. Huge butterflies and still my favorite
@spnyp33
@spnyp33 3 жыл бұрын
"I'm not gonna lie.", is one of the strangest phrases to me. It makes me think, every time you told me something and didn't preface with that phrase you were lying.?.?. Great vid, per usual!
@golgarisoul
@golgarisoul 5 жыл бұрын
I live in a part of California where Monarchs migrate to. It is truly a miracle of biology and a beautiful sight to behold.
@besmart
@besmart 5 жыл бұрын
That's a separate population from the monarchs that go to Mexico, and they might be in even bigger trouble. Plant flowers and milkweed!
@RelaRaeDoughty
@RelaRaeDoughty 10 ай бұрын
This is the most beautiful insect I have ever had to make me feel better and the life cycle is so awesome that this insect can migrate every year and not just one migration but the monarch navigation by the sun and I love this butterfly
@dnamja
@dnamja 5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing so many of them up in southern Ontario, Canada when I was a kid. Now, I hardly see them anywhere. It's cool to see them alive and well to this day.
@madpainter7114
@madpainter7114 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah,me too ! They never came back and I’ve been worried ever since. I just put it down to “something people have screwed up”:
@marim0y
@marim0y 5 жыл бұрын
I have wanted to go there for decades and I would cry to see it in person.
@RobbieRobski
@RobbieRobski 5 жыл бұрын
I live in Santa Cruz California and we have a monarch butterfly sanctuary. They come back from around October to February
@LegoCookieDoggie
@LegoCookieDoggie 5 жыл бұрын
Yes I have seen it, I wonder what's the difference between Western and Eastern populations if they actually go to mexico
@Toomuchbullshitt
@Toomuchbullshitt 5 жыл бұрын
@@LegoCookieDoggie the ones on the west overwinter in California while the monarchs east of the Rockies overwinter either mostly in Mexico or a small part of South Florida.
@kristineg4258
@kristineg4258 4 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful. When learning the full story of their migration. I was so sad to keep seeing dead monarch butterflies around our beach area at the end of the summer. Thinking back on it, there were caterpillars showing up too. This must have been a stop on the migration pattern. I feel connected to such an amazing a beautiful part of nature. Thank you for this video.
@mickdodge9778
@mickdodge9778 3 жыл бұрын
Yoish! Thank you so much for putting this video and the other ones you do. They are amazing and outstanding! Here at my farm in Northern California, planting milkweed and other flowers to support their migration is one of our missions. It is my hope that others will watch your work and then take the next step and start planting.
@mastermclovin0
@mastermclovin0 5 жыл бұрын
What timing "posted 19 seconds ago" lucky me I get to procrastinate some more.
@koco5354
@koco5354 3 жыл бұрын
The school test covered the story of a monarch butterfly, but it was difficult to understand in textbooks, so I came across this video while I was in trouble! This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you sooooo much!!!!
@thomasturner6980
@thomasturner6980 5 жыл бұрын
Me: oh there's some butterflies moving Johnny: lets call it the Great Monarch Butterfly Migration!
@recession81
@recession81 5 жыл бұрын
My favorite example of natural selection how they reproduce and travel such far distances is truely amazing.
@TraceDominguez
@TraceDominguez 5 жыл бұрын
I really love that we don't get to see the front of your face because you're so enraptured by the butterflies. I love it a lot. You're a good human, my friend. 😊
@gantry289
@gantry289 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you so much for putting this together. I really enjoyed learning more about the Monarch's and you did it in an easy to understand way.
@andrea__ol
@andrea__ol 5 жыл бұрын
I love when Joe tells us “this is going to change the way you look at X” because I know it is true, and it’s amazing having science awe me like that.
@justbreathe7816
@justbreathe7816 5 жыл бұрын
Clicked out of curiousity, stayed for Phil Torres, rewatched because it's awesome.
@thomashill6347
@thomashill6347 3 жыл бұрын
Hi I live in South East Canada, and I did have the experience of seeing trees full of Monarch butterflies WOW BUT THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO were has the time gone. Thanks for sharing this wonderful and interesting information about one of natures wonders.
@DaniloFernandezDJFL
@DaniloFernandezDJFL 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you guys! I love this channel so much😁
@tinman8972
@tinman8972 3 жыл бұрын
The earth is full of so many miracles like this one, I don't know how anyone ever gets bored.
@marybeige634
@marybeige634 5 жыл бұрын
Omg I love this video! Thanks for sharing this beautiful migration of monarch butterflies. The world is full of wonder!
@feekygucker2678
@feekygucker2678 5 жыл бұрын
Dear PBSDS & IOTBS, Killing it with the content recently!
@besmart
@besmart 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jackieayala9860
@jackieayala9860 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks mom for taking me to this beautiful place that I never forget!
@HannahTorres81
@HannahTorres81 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up in South Texas along the Mexico border. Giant clouds of monarchs would pass through twice a year, around March/April and September/October. It was both absolutely gorgeous and heartbreaking. Driving during those weeks meant knowing that it was impossible to avoid killing them.
@QuantumPV
@QuantumPV 3 жыл бұрын
I love your work! So glad I found this KZbin channel.
@LadywatchingByrd
@LadywatchingByrd 3 жыл бұрын
At Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford, CT they often congregate beautifully on their route down south. Such a sight to see them playing amongst the dahlias, daisies and lilacs. 🥳🥰
@jigglypuff7_5280
@jigglypuff7_5280 5 жыл бұрын
I love monarch butterflies! They're so beautiful. I learned about butterflies. Very interesting.🙂
@steelandglass
@steelandglass 3 жыл бұрын
Sooooo Cool ! Thanks for your time .. I love learning and you make it easy. Remain curious it suits you !
@brucegelman5582
@brucegelman5582 3 жыл бұрын
Magic.. Please if you have a garden big or small go to a reputable nursery where you live and buy milkweed plants.I did this in San Antonio and literally two days later there were monarchs feeding on them.Bless the Butterflies!
@TylerMatthewHarris
@TylerMatthewHarris 5 жыл бұрын
man, the production quality went up a notch with this video. awesome work!
@gracerodgers8952
@gracerodgers8952 3 жыл бұрын
Super spectacular! Great job,Joe.😁🦋 Keep up the good work.
@aelolul
@aelolul 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! I had no idea about the generations and super generation! Incredible. Thank you for making this video.
@VKiera
@VKiera 5 жыл бұрын
The butterflies are so wonderful, but it makes me kind of sad. As a kid there were butterflies everywhere where I live in South Texas, I could find eggs on milkweed ever year and watch them hatch. The last 5-7 years even though we have milkweed still and I see the occasional single monarch I've yet to find eggs. It feels like there are fewer every year :(
@MrRed-dc6tz
@MrRed-dc6tz 5 жыл бұрын
A True Beatiful Nature of My Beloved Mexico :)
@JesseStu
@JesseStu 5 жыл бұрын
This is astounding. Mind-bending.
@sarahhill9868
@sarahhill9868 4 жыл бұрын
I dunno how to show you this directly, but my dad made me a butterfly house to up my game! I messaged you not too long ago about the news article that stated monarchs are growing in population. My mom and my kids and I saved about 35 this summer. Anyway, I put pics on your Twitter. 👍🏻
@clintatk
@clintatk 3 жыл бұрын
Another amazing aspect is their ability to find air currents to glide and soar upon while maintaining their course. They could never travel any distance without this ability.
@outside8312
@outside8312 5 жыл бұрын
Butterfly's without wings are bloody horrifying
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 5 жыл бұрын
Stop pulling their wings off, you monster.
@outside8312
@outside8312 5 жыл бұрын
@@Psychol-Snooper ha haha, I definitely read that as wigs the first time
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 5 жыл бұрын
@@outside8312 And stop pulling little old lady's wigs off! Is there nothing you won't do? XD
@outside8312
@outside8312 5 жыл бұрын
@@Psychol-Snooper NEVER!
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 5 жыл бұрын
@@outside8312 Fascist...
@barbarahogan6472
@barbarahogan6472 3 жыл бұрын
This video is way underrated
@dougfriendly7676
@dougfriendly7676 3 жыл бұрын
My cat was totally focused on this from beginning to end. Thank you for making a cat entertainment video.
@FireKnight150
@FireKnight150 5 жыл бұрын
That’s amazingly beautiful, now I really want to see it
@mazinawmike6919
@mazinawmike6919 3 жыл бұрын
OK - it's not the first explanation I've seen about Monarchs and their migration - but it was the best! Excellent. The skills, talents, knowledge, and tools to make this journey are genetically transmitted - yes ok, but the overwintering spot wasn't in its current location millions, or several hundreds of millions of years ago. Where did ancient monarchs travel to and from and how have those learnings been updated as the continents have shifted over the millennia?
@MatkatMusic
@MatkatMusic 5 жыл бұрын
7:01, that french horn is playing a main theme from Dragon Age: Inquisition lol
@kmcsciguy
@kmcsciguy 5 жыл бұрын
This was a great video about the Monarch migration and how we can preserve it.
@antoninamemi6587
@antoninamemi6587 Жыл бұрын
We live in Huntington valley PA been growing butterflies including monarchs for years, by basically planting nectar rich flowers and host plants, then collecting the caterpillars to continue to feed them and care for them in a secure in closure, they grow, form chrysalis, hatch, we let them out….
@piotrekolczyk9003
@piotrekolczyk9003 5 жыл бұрын
I thought that it would be boring but it wasn't. Thank you. I like your channels.
@rydemk4168
@rydemk4168 5 жыл бұрын
Is this a typo or does he have more than one channel? I actually don’t know.
@clintatk
@clintatk 3 жыл бұрын
In the 1970s I remember this story of the migration and many, including scientists being skeptical. But in 1974 I was hiking near Uvalde, Texas and came upon a tree dripping with Monarchs. Like the Mexico trees they hung in huge clusters that almost touched the ground in places. I assume it was a rest stop. If it wasn't their destination does it mean they fly in flocks and follow a lead butterfly? Mind blowing. I had no camera but remember the sight vividly.
@MssIAMNOBODYSPECIAL
@MssIAMNOBODYSPECIAL 5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Amazing video. Most of the things you post i have heard about or i already know, but this was totally new and exciting. Thank you! Keep up the good work.
@autodidacticartisan
@autodidacticartisan 5 ай бұрын
It all started long ago when I was just a child reading a book. It was a book on strange laws in The United States. "In California", I read, "It is illegal to molest the butterflies." This one strangely worded sentence was all it took to set me down a path of Curiosity, wonder, excitement, and What can only be described as a "magnificent reverence" of nature itself.
@mikeyoung9810
@mikeyoung9810 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Eastern Kansas in the '60's and it was always fun when the Monarch's showed up.
@ethiopease8821
@ethiopease8821 3 жыл бұрын
It's Just so nice to see,anyone could be relaxed by this.
@JimBrooker
@JimBrooker 4 ай бұрын
Give God the glory for such an amazing creation😉
@avariceseven9443
@avariceseven9443 5 жыл бұрын
I've heard about the multiple generation migration they take but the 4 generations + a super generation is completely new to me and the hormone, lifespan and size too. That's amazing. I've always thought those it was impressive seeing them in like a bunch like that but to think they're only 0.5% of the historic population level left, it's sad and very worrying.
@RichardinNC1
@RichardinNC1 3 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to be in Biloxi, MS in November 2017 and saw 1000s of Monarch Butterflies in a city park. I guess they were just passing through.
@janettetomkowski
@janettetomkowski 3 жыл бұрын
I knew how cool they are which is what led me to grow milkweed, after watching this I'm even more amazed 🤗
@vin8tan
@vin8tan 5 жыл бұрын
You guys need to have your friend Phil Torres in your videos more often. 🤩🤩
@susanagomez5167
@susanagomez5167 Жыл бұрын
Where i live state of México, are some signos that tell us "this way monark pass", and some of us plant plantas, so the se incredible insectos can feed and resto in their way to south.
@ZerebusPrime
@ZerebusPrime 5 жыл бұрын
I've seen one Monarch Butterfly in North Carolina in the last ten years. One. They used to be a lot more common. :(
@Moss_piglets
@Moss_piglets 3 жыл бұрын
I hear you. I used to see tons here in NYC. Last year I saw none in my grandmother's garden. Mind you, she has been planting milkweed since the 70s.
@SisterShirley
@SisterShirley 3 жыл бұрын
In my backyard here in Michigan it's like a butterfly sanctuary in the summer. Last week around October 10, 2021, I was surprised to see 2 Monarchs feeding on my Butterfly Bush flowers.
@janemoore4395
@janemoore4395 Ай бұрын
I would love to be in the center of that. What a scene!!
@Hanya1210
@Hanya1210 5 жыл бұрын
Superb. Thanks a lot for sharing & for the lovely efforts 😊. Hanya -Egypt
@crosleysparty
@crosleysparty 4 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how they migrate
@dajosh42069
@dajosh42069 5 жыл бұрын
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN JEALOUS OF BUTTER-GLIDER!!
@OddWomanOut_Pi81
@OddWomanOut_Pi81 2 жыл бұрын
I can't get ENOUGH info on my favorite butterfly. I clicked so hard! 🥰💕🦋
@taramansion
@taramansion 3 жыл бұрын
I planted a milkweed in my yard that looked like its never seen a milkweed and within a week, bam, there was a monarch. Like, how did they know I put that there!
@mariabeltran1690
@mariabeltran1690 5 жыл бұрын
HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! ♥ Monarch Butterflies migrate from México to Canada and Back, They like to live in both Countries! : ) ♥
@sherlockholmes5823
@sherlockholmes5823 5 жыл бұрын
Whoa! You let him outdoors! Haha Great video as always. Please keep them coming and continue to spread knowledge in the most awesome ways!
@marlz99
@marlz99 5 жыл бұрын
Now this is dedication
@barrycarlisle4511
@barrycarlisle4511 3 жыл бұрын
I had a tree line that bordered my property that had a tree in it that the monarchs rested in during the night. There would be hundreds of them hanging in it. Unfortunately the tree was cut down when the land owner cleared the tree line.
@needpit1
@needpit1 5 жыл бұрын
This video surpass my expectations by far
@MissEwe
@MissEwe 3 жыл бұрын
This was very well presented and easy to follow
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