Monarch Butterflies now Listed : Endangered

[Chasing Embers]

Sad news.?

Migratory Monarch Butterflies Are Listed as an Endangered Species

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the iconic North American butterfly is getting closer to extinction

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Whatever..

 

[MattRVA]

Fascinating creatures. My dad likes to plant milkweed and even has little screen tents to protect the chrysalis. Don’t see as many these days.

 

[Egg Shen]

They said they think they’re down some where between 21% and 75% IIRC Which means they really don’t know chit. But stay tuned, more to fear after the break!

 

[solideogloria86]

They said they think they’re down some where between 21% and 75% IIRC Which means they really don’t know chit. But stay tuned, more to fear after the break!

"Populations of migratory monarchs, a subspecies of the monarch butterfly, have declined between 22 and 72 percent over the past ten years, according to a new assessment by the IUCN, because of pesticides and herbicides, as well as deforestation for logging, urban development and agricultural expansion."

Yea, that's a pretty broad margin of guesswork.

 

[Streeper541]

Wow... I musta seen 40 of them the past few days. They love the bean fields.

 

[AJL67]

Could be 17 left could be 50 million we aren’t sure.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Wow... I musta seen 40 of them the past few days. They love the bean fields.

I've seen several Viceroys this year but unfortunately no Monarchs.

 

[FurCoat]

Maybe they're being eaten or they're getting fried flying over those silly solar farms. Heck, by 2030 crickets will be extinct. Save the insects, eat the cows. On a serious note, this sucks.

 

[STP]

I heard the same, but I’ve seen more this year than the past several. We have a pond on the property and noticed a lot less frogs.

 

[brian64]

Oh, I see...never mind. I thought maybe this thread was going to be something about trauma-induced programming.

 

[telescopes]

Denying the obvious

 

[ykw5264]

The white sturgeon was also declared extinct just a few days ago.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Denying the obvious

The obvious what?

 

[telescopes]

The obvious what?

It’s what some men do. It’s a type of bravado- either that are stupidly. It makes up for a lack of something.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It’s what some men do. It’s a type of bravado- either that are stupidly. It makes up for a lack of something.

The typos notwithstanding, what does that even have to do with this thread?

 

[telescopes]

The typos notwithstanding, what does that even have to do with this thread?

It’s clear to me.

 

[telescopes]

It’s clear that many people are comfortable denying obvious changes that are occurring to our environment. The question I wonder is why so many are comfortable denying this. And what, you never made a typo? LOL

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

It’s what some men do. It’s a type of bravado- either that are stupidly. It makes up for a lack of something.

Aside from the obviously insulting nature of these riddles.

What is the obvious thing you are going on about?

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

It’s clear that many people are comfortable denying obvious changes that are occurring to our environment. The question I wonder is why so many are comfortable denying this. And what, you never made a typo? LOL

Oh, climate change... nice.

What makes it so obvious to you that this is going on?

I wonder if you even read the article.