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| Update:
December 12, 2008
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| News:
Your Butterflies Make Their Way to Sanctuary Schools |
The
second shipment of your beautiful handmade butterflies and
monarch booklets arrived in the sanctuary area on December
1.
German Medina and Estela Romero began sharing
your ambassador butterflies in the town of Angangueo at Colegio
Corregidora school. Here, and in the other schools they have
visited the students were very excited to see your messages
of good will and learn more about the life cycle and migration
of the monarch.
Like
these students pictured, Mexican
students from all around the sanctuary region will greet your
butterflies and watch over them during the winter months.
At
the same time in the mountains nearby, the entire eastern
population of North American monarch butterflies are resting
in Mexico for the winter. |
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Students
at Colegio Corregidora in Angangueo were very excited to open
their cluster packets! |
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| Muchas
Mariposas! |
How
Many Symbolic Butterflies Traveled to Mexico this year?
We
predicted that there wouldn't be enough seats in Yankee Stadium
for all of this year's Symbolic Monarchs, but what's the Actual
Total?
(Drum
Roll...)
62,542
butterflies from 3,043 classrooms! |
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Did
you ESTIMATE?
Go find your answer and compare it with ours!
We told you:
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The total weight of all butterflies and clusters was
649 pounds, and
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3,280 butterflies weighed 33 pounds.
Special
thanks to everybody who sent their guesses! >>
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"All
Aboard!" Passenger Lists |
"All
Aboarrrd?!" 2008 Symbolic Migration Passenger List
We are excited
to present the passenger list of over 3,000 schools who sent messages
of goodwill to the students of Mexico.
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| A
Visit with Naomi |
Slideshow
in English and Spanish >> |
A
Day in the Life of a Mexican Student
Noami is a student who lives in the shadow of the monarch
sanctuaries. Like thousands of other students, she experiences
the arrival and departure of the monarchs that overwinter
each year in the mountains near her home.
Travel
with her on a typical day. Learn about her school and her
home life. Explore her story in English or Spanish!
How
does Noami's life compare with yours? >> |
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Coming
Up |
- Monarch
Butterfly Sanctuary Fund Contributions
List of donors to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation
proudly displayed.
- Learn
About Life in the Sanctuary Region
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Stay
Tuned: The Next Symbolic Monarch Migration Update Will be Posted
Late-December
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