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NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate
NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate


LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama.
The insect's broken wing was painstakingly splinted by an upstate New York couple who then helped it hitch a ride south after the weather in the southern Adirondacks turned cold.

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That's a neat story -- thanks for posting!
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That is a neat story! I don't think I'd have the patience to do that, but it's very cool they did!
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Love it . Kudos to the couple and the trucker!
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