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NATIONAL LEARN ABOUT BUTTERFLIES DAY
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Today is National Learn About Butterflies Day. Butterflies are some of the most beautiful and graceful creature on Earth. The next time you are in St. Louis stop by the Butterfly House. You’ll have beautiful butterflies all around you and learn more about these gentle creatures. Here are some interesting facts about butterflies:

*Butterflies need our help to survive as they rely on flowers and other natural sources for survival. We can help them by planting more flowers.
*There are more than 20,000 types of butterflies worldwide
*Their wing spans can range from 1/2 inch to 11 inches.
*Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year, depending on the species.
*Many butterflies migrate over long distances. Particularly famous migrations are those of the Monarch butterfly from Mexico to the northern USA and southern Canada, a distance of about 2500 to 3000 miles.

Check out this video of graceful butterflies in slow motion.

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