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Butterfly Conservatory

 
 
quinn1
 
Reply Sun 17 Nov, 2002 04:30 pm
Animal Planet had a little interesting tidbit about this earlier today, and Im just thrilled to find that its right here in Massachusetts...Deerfield. Im thinking rolls of film and a road trip are in order even.

The interesting thing on AP was that one of the scientists there actually repairs the wings of those butterflies in need of it through loosing or breaking a wing off. They take part of a departed butterfly and glue its wing to the needed patients wing, and voila! crazy looking butterfly but, able to keep flitting about.

They have a great deal of types, sizes and colors, very very nice to see.

I enjoyed looking at the website so, I thought others might also.
Enjoy:
MagicWings
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 17 Nov, 2002 04:45 pm
and they do birthday parties!

very cool

there is a butterfly garden near here as well - close to one of the migration points in south-western ontario. I've gone to butterfly migration weekends near home - they band their little legs with scotch tape! I've been tempted to volunteer for the count and banding but i'm afraid i'm a bit too klutzy.
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 17 Nov, 2002 04:55 pm
Id be a bit afraid of hurting them myself but, it does sound interesting!
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quinn1
 
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Reply Mon 18 Nov, 2002 08:37 pm
You must tell me some more about these migration weekends, Im sure its simply amazing.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 7 Dec, 2002 06:43 pm
Hey, the Franklin zoo has a butterfly house that is a seasonal display. Not sure when it starts up, but you walk through and hang with the wildlife....
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 11:22 am
Really...havent been ther in ages, in fact, think I was only there once when I first came around here....
Seasonal here, Im guessing maybe a few more months Rolling Eyes
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 11:28 am
early summer, methinks
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 11:30 am
ho hum, ah well...this is still available for a road trip if the need arises
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 11:31 am
<nodding>
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sumac
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 02:44 pm
I was in the butterfly house at the Bronx Zoo - it was a stupendous experience.
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 03:28 pm
Ive driven by that zoo many a times.
I think having such a large variety in one small place would be amazing.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 03:35 pm
When I lived in NY we would go there a couple of times a year. I particularly loved the bird house, and the proboscis monkeys!

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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 03:48 pm
Cute..they are funny looking monkeys, arent they?
I went to the Providence Zoo last year and really liked their Polar Bears but, so many animals...you just cant make one a favorite, can you?
Okay, so the DC zoo and Pandas was a top stop for me for years, so I can understand the favorites.
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fishin
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 03:57 pm
Doh! There is also "The Butterfly Place" in Westford, MA. Smile

http://www.butterflyplace-ma.com/
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 04:13 pm
One of the nicest butterfly http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/fjeril2.gif conservatories is to be found in Vienna, in a "Jugendstil" building

Butterfly House in the Palm Garden, Vienna
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 04:53 pm
fishin' wrote:
Doh! There is also "The Butterfly Place" in Westford, MA. Smile

http://www.butterflyplace-ma.com/


Doh! is right....

humph, I dont know weather to slap my own forehead or yours Wink

kewl...I think perhaps maybe I could make it to that one sometime.
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 04:56 pm
Walter..that looks simply lovely..thanks for sharing!! Loved the sound included on the website, and thought..jeesh..those butterflies would be unusual to me, I guess the web site is more geared toward the locals.
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sumac
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 07:00 pm
Not in a conservatory, but in their natural habitat in Mexico for the winter months: do you remember when there was a killing freeze and folks were frightened that all, or most of, the Monarch butterflies were wiped out? I read somewhere that some did survive as they were underneath the bodies of their cousins. I suppose that followup research is being done to assess the extent of the loss.
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 07:06 pm
gruesome...'survived underneath the bodies of their cousins'...
however
Nice that some survived the ordeal, and no, I hadnt heard of this.
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fishin
 
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 08:26 pm
quinn1 wrote:
humph, I dont know weather to slap my own forehead or yours Wink


Well now.. No reason to get nasty about it! :wink:
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