No, Children, the Monarch Butterfly is NOT Endangered. It's a species of "LEAST CONCERN" Actually!

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[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

they are at zero risk of extinction. But some of them (genetically the same) are classed as a subspecies solely because they migrate (for reasons unknown to men). The migration varies WILDLY and is unpredictable, but some people think it may be close to maybe possibly stopping happening. It's not, but that's the source of the recent claims you may have seen.

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LOL that is just classic scientific bullshit. A dachshund and a bull mastiff are the same species, but a butterfly flies south a few dozen miles and it's a new species. Trust muh science.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Also: the salmon that spawn in this river are a different species than the ones in the next river up the coast.

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Muh Ivory Billed Woodpecker LOL

My buddy swears he saw one

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Yeah, I read about this, and immediately thought it sounded like bullshit. I've seen at least two of those butterflies just this summer.