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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
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 4994 Colours of Bright 28 January 2006 Like a trace of sunshine you are beauty Filtering through the air like a Monarch butterfly In colours of bright in thoughts made true Those thoughts and wing formations of the angelica in you Such sweetness to tender taste such pain in likeness to fear Her beauty all of beginning from within upon a sleeve to bare The inside out - the out side in That race of human in your being to win Not over a contest - yet more held in heart you in her to value and never break in ways of depart The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is the king of the insect world. Even though they are small creatures, they do phenomenal things. First, they develop from tiny eggs, to a caterpillar, become a chrysalis, and finally transform into a beautiful butterfly. They migrate, travelling great distances to over winter in a temperate climate. In spring they return to summer homes and breed along the way. Their offspring return to the starting point. Related species in the Monarch Butterfly family are found on all continents except the polar regions, wherever the plant Milkweed and related plants are found. It also provides the Monarch with an intriguing form of protection, since the milkweed juices assimilated by the Monarch make it poisonous to predatory birds. The beautiful orange colour of the Monarch butterfly serves to teach predators that their intended meal might be toxic. Not all milkweeds produce cardiac glycosides, therefore not all Monarchs are poisonous. However, the warning orange colour serves to disguise poisonous from the non-toxic Monarch. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares Thank You to Honeybee for use of this photograph |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
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