Poor Butterfly - from the song of the same name. A large contingent of Monarch Butterflies make their nesting place in central Mexico adjacent to avocado groves. But as the demand for avocados grows, to keep pace with the demand some farmers will be planting and encroaching on the nesting places. It is said that we Americans each consumed seven pounds of avocados in 2015 double that of five years before. Holy Moly! or should that be "guacamole".
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/world/americas/ambition-of-avocado-imperils-monarch-butterflies-winter-home.html?_r=0
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