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Born to be freed, students release butterflies at senior lodges

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Grade 3s from Greentree School travelled to the Sunshine and Hillview Lodges Monday to release dozens of painted lady butterflies they had raised this year. Above, Jack Lau, Kayley Lefferson, and Reese Hatch coax on an injured butterfly to spread its wings, and lodge resident Peter Friesen admires a painted lady, whose colouring imitates that of the monarch butterfly, which apparently tastes bad to predators.

 


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