In the year of AI videos making us believe kids are feeding alligators and bears, a video is going viral that almost seems like it couldn't possibly be real.
A Call for Help
When a Long Island woman called the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown about an injured monarch butterfly she’d found, staff didn’t hesitate. She brought it in, and the team got to work performing what can only be described as a tiny miracle... a wing transplant.
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Using the wing from a dead monarch found in the center’s vivarium, Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation Janine Bendicksen carefully matched, trimmed, and glued the new wing in place using contact cement, cornstarch, and an incredibly steady hand. A small wire kept the butterfly still durin