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Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for September 22, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 23, 2011
Transcript:
hammy: you fly 4,000 miles each way when you migrate to mexico? butterfly: Oh, no...we do it in shifts...we breed there, then, on our way back north, lay our eggs in the spring...then our offspring continue on. hammy: And you retire? butterfly: uhh..... yes! yeah...sure, we've got a nice condo on south padre, golf...shuffleboard...dinner at 4. that kind of thing... hammy: that sounds nice.
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perceptor3 over 13 years ago
Nice save, monarch.
hariseldon59 over 13 years ago
Retire? In a permanent sort of way, yes.
smoore47 over 13 years ago
Good job RJ and Verne.
blackcat725 over 13 years ago
I wish I could view the world with Hammy’s eyes!
Potrzebie over 13 years ago
SO lifespan of a Monarch is how many days?
celeconecca over 13 years ago
ba-dump-dum
Digital Frog over 13 years ago
They forgot about my favorite part – the whole cocoon business. (I never metamorphosis I didn’t like)
Kydex29 over 13 years ago
Cute, and yet… Why is it that people think they’re doing kids favors by pretending death doesn’t exist? I know of a girl whose mother died, and they told her for weeks after that she was sick in the hospital. She didn’t get to go to the funeral, say goodbye, or grieve properly.
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
They must protect the child-like squirrel from the hard facts of life…at least until something eats him.
TheSpanishInquisition over 13 years ago
It’s cool he’s doing an education storyline!
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Glad to see the real story come out- now, as “parent” never meets “child”, how DO the “next generations” know where to go? Too many wonderful mysteries in “nature” to always try to link them to “human” expectations, or explanations. We should just stop trying to create our myths to make it about “us”.
hippogriff over 13 years ago
Potzreble: Monarchs are rather unique in lifespan – two or three years. That’s why they migrate – most others die in the fall.
bryan42 over 13 years ago
Actually, hippo, the average lifespan for a monarch is only about 1-1/2 months. The ones that hibernate (yes, hibernate) in Mexico live about 4 months but most of that asleep. It actually takes 4 generations to complete the annual migration.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
Hammy is just SO SWEET! I’ll bet him and Rory would be great friends!
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Adult mayflies have no functional mouth parts, now if we could just “genetically modify” politicians!!
Koolfunkygrrl over 13 years ago
That’s SO cute! Poor Hammy would be heart-broken if he knew his new friend was gonna die.