cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16030907
over the next 60 years, North American monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains have a 56 to 74 percent probability of hitting the point where extinction appears inevitable. For those to the west, that probability was 99 percent.
The primary drivers affecting the butterflies, the assessment found, were the loss and degradation of breeding, migratory and overwintering habitat; exposure to insecticides; and the effects of climate change.
Every time I hear about monarch butterflies I can’t help but think of The Venture Bros, Oh sweetie butterflies only live about nine months.
I do hope we can do something so there’s more left to live after the last generation. In general too, we should feel ashamed at how we treat our distant cousins, biologically speaking that is, I don’t know your actual distant cousin.