[ti]butterfly2[/ti]Woman Performs Surgery On Monarch Butterfly With Broken Wing
Jan 13, 2018 16:52:51 GMT
Post by xx on Jan 13, 2018 16:52:51 GMT
Monarch butterflies can live from 2 weeks to about 5 months, but this guy’s time was threatened to be cut even shorter.
Luckily, Romy McCloskey was there to help.
“I fell into raising butterflies by accident when I found 3 caterpillars on a bush in my front yard,”
she told Bored Panda. So after one of her darlings got injured, Romy knew she had to help.
McCloskey turned her home into an operating room and used common household items to perform a wing transplant.
“The patient: this 3-day-old little boy was born with torn upper and lower wings.
Let’s see how we can help!”
“The operating room and supplies: towel, wire hanger, contact cement, toothpick,
cotton swab, scissors, tweezers, talc powder, extra butterfly wing”
“Securing the butterfly and cutting the damaged parts away.
Don’t worry it doesn’t hurt them. It’s like cutting hair or trimming fingernails”
“Ta-da! With a little patience and a steady hand, I fit the new wings to my little guy”
“The black lines do not match completely and it is missing the black dot
(male marking) on the lower right wing, but with luck, he will fly”
“FLIGHT DAY! After a day of rest and filling his belly with homemade nectar, it is time to see if he will fly”
“With a quick lap around the yard and a little rest on a bush, he was off!
A successful surgery and outcome! Bye, little buddy! Good luck”
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Luckily, Romy McCloskey was there to help.
“I fell into raising butterflies by accident when I found 3 caterpillars on a bush in my front yard,”
she told Bored Panda. So after one of her darlings got injured, Romy knew she had to help.
McCloskey turned her home into an operating room and used common household items to perform a wing transplant.
“The patient: this 3-day-old little boy was born with torn upper and lower wings.
Let’s see how we can help!”
“The operating room and supplies: towel, wire hanger, contact cement, toothpick,
cotton swab, scissors, tweezers, talc powder, extra butterfly wing”
“Securing the butterfly and cutting the damaged parts away.
Don’t worry it doesn’t hurt them. It’s like cutting hair or trimming fingernails”
“Ta-da! With a little patience and a steady hand, I fit the new wings to my little guy”
“The black lines do not match completely and it is missing the black dot
(male marking) on the lower right wing, but with luck, he will fly”
“FLIGHT DAY! After a day of rest and filling his belly with homemade nectar, it is time to see if he will fly”
“With a quick lap around the yard and a little rest on a bush, he was off!
A successful surgery and outcome! Bye, little buddy! Good luck”
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