This Butterfly Got a Life-Saving Wing Transplant, and the Video Is Just as Wild as You Think

This Butterfly Got a Life-Saving Wing Transplant, and the Video Is Just as Wild as You Think

A wildlife rehab center in Long Island gave a butterfly a second chance at life after surgically grafting a dead butterfly’s wing onto an injured one. According to CBS New York, Dagmar Hoffdavis, a Deer Park resident, brought a wounded monarch to the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown. The butterfly’s wing was shredded. There is no chance it was going to fly again. Janine Bendicksen, Sweetbriar’s director of wildlife rehab, just so happened t…

Injured butterfly gets wing transplant

The Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, Long Island, receives hundreds of calls daily, with many seeking advice on injured wildlife, such as squirrels, birds, or turtles. Last week, they received a call for help with a butterfly with a broken wing. — Read the rest The post Injured butterfly gets wing transplant appeared first on Boing Boing.