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2. Hettinga 1 John Q. Student Mrs. Phomsithi English I 22 February 2011
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English I
22 February 2011
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When she was asked by a museum patron what becomes of butterflies when they perish, she said, “I honestly don’t know. They stop flying, for one thing” (Crosley 133).
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The forest foliage keeps butterflies warm throughout the cold months. It acts like a blanket, and without its protection, the butterflies would freeze to death (Kiehl, “As Butterflies Die”).
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“Monarch butterflies may be threatened by pollen from genetically modified maize.  That's the conclusion of a new Monarch Butterfly survival study by Cornell University published in Nature” (“Monarch Butterfly Deaths”).
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