{"id":24696,"date":"2013-02-24T01:01:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T07:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/?p=24696"},"modified":"2013-02-24T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T07:07:13","slug":"about-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2013\/02\/24\/about-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"About Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I went to the St. Louis Science Center to view the IMAX movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightofthebutterflies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Flight of the Butterflies.&#8221;<\/a> I learned many of the details of the 2,000 mile migration of monarch butterflies. It was a superb story, beautifully filmed. Today, I went to the &#8220;Insectarium&#8221; at the St. Louis Zoo seeking to mingle with butterflies and take some macro photos. The butterflies were quite trusting, allowing me to often get within a few inches of them. These are amazing animals, stunningly beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6768-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24697\" alt=\"IMG_6768 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6768-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x710.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"359\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6768-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6768-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6723-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24698\" alt=\"IMG_6723 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6723-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x759.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"385\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6723-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6723-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6723-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24699\" alt=\"IMG_6731 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"781\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24701\" alt=\"IMG_6786 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x902.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"458\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24702\" alt=\"IMG_6814 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I went to the St. Louis Science Center to view the IMAX movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightofthebutterflies.com\/\">&#8220;Flight of the Butterflies.&#8221;<\/a> I learned many of the details of the 2,000 mile migration of monarch butterflies. It was a superb story, beautifully filmed. Today, I went to the &#8220;Insectarium&#8221; at the St. Louis Zoo seeking to mingle with butterflies and take some macro photos. The butterflies were quite trusting, allowing me to often get within a few inches of them. These are amazing animals, stunningly beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24701\" alt=\"IMG_6786 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x902.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6786-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24699\" alt=\"IMG_6731 Portraits - zoo ape butterflies\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6731-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[More photos]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":24702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791],"tags":[6369],"class_list":["post-24696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-butterflies","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6814-Portraits-zoo-ape-butterflies.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}