TO GO WITH AFP STORY Picture of monarch

TO GO WITH AFP STORY Picture of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) taken on March 18, 2008 in the Oyamel forest at El Rosario sancturay in Angangueo, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Millions of monarch butterflies establish themselves every year in the oyamels of Mexico, after crossing from Canada 4.500 km to hibernate and then to offer majestic air dances in the same forests chosen by they ancestors, a mysterious geographical loyalty yet without scientific explanation. In the last migration, 2006 to 2007, the Monarch buterflies filled around of 6,8 hectare of Oyamel's forest. AFP PHOTO/Luis ACOSTA (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY Picture of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) taken on March 18, 2008 in the Oyamel forest at El Rosario sancturay in Angangueo, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Millions of monarch butterflies establish themselves every year in the oyamels of Mexico, after crossing from Canada 4.500 km to hibernate and then to offer majestic air dances in the same forests chosen by they ancestors, a mysterious geographical loyalty yet without scientific explanation. In the last migration, 2006 to 2007, the Monarch buterflies filled around of 6,8 hectare of Oyamel's forest. AFP PHOTO/Luis ACOSTA (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY Picture of monarch
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