The Great Monarch Migration

The greatest migration on Earth sends tens of millions of butterflies from all over North America down to this small forest in Mexico. Seeing this overwintering site of the monarch butterfly in real life is even more miraculous than you can imagine.
/ phil_torres

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  • @ducksgo
    @ducksgo2 жыл бұрын

    Going to buy milkweed tomorrow my garden. We are starting to get Monarch butterflies flying around in Long Beach California. I’ll help them with my unused garden area. Thanks for the advice

  • @aurelienbiechy
    @aurelienbiechy6 жыл бұрын

    I don't know you, but for a second I saw the 5-year old you in that video. thx

  • @SecretFiri
    @SecretFiri6 жыл бұрын

    That is so beautiful I even cried. Butterflies are my favourite beings ever and I just can't with this beauty.

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    So much beauty in this world- it was astounding to see it all in one place

  • @elizabethloper1870
    @elizabethloper18705 жыл бұрын

    We have a milk weed garden and raised 3 monarchs this year. This is sooooooo cool.

  • @SaunieHolloway
    @SaunieHolloway6 жыл бұрын

    This is why we plant Milkweed and raise Monarch butterflies. This video is amazing! we have overwintering sites here in California, but this...is amazing. Thank you for such a beautiful video!

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for planting the milkweed! I have seen some of the sites in California which motivated me to take the trip to see them here.

  • @SaunieHolloway

    @SaunieHolloway

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Jungle Diaries we are ready to take that trip with you next year!

  • @thormaster06
    @thormaster066 жыл бұрын

    Well this is nothing short of spectacular!!

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! And I always appreciate a share :-)

  • @charliehernandez179
    @charliehernandez1796 жыл бұрын

    Cried and touched because of this. Your videos are amazing. I haven’t seen anything like that here in my country, Philippines. Truly praising God for people like you (and your team) and for showing this. It is a great advocacy. God bless and excited for your upcoming videos.

  • @PinkChucky15
    @PinkChucky156 жыл бұрын

    They are SO beautiful!! Wonderful video! :-D

  • @pyropatti
    @pyropatti6 жыл бұрын

    I smiled through the whole video. How lucky you are to have witnessed this and thank you so much for sharing it with us!

  • @itsgreyshull
    @itsgreyshull5 жыл бұрын

    I was sent here by Alie Ward from the Ologies Podcast! Great podcast episode and awesome video! I wanna book my next trip to Mexico to see this. :)

  • @agusshoumularof1835
    @agusshoumularof18356 жыл бұрын

    Whoooaaaa!! Too many beauties to handle!! When I saw lots of Mapwing butterflies in Coban Rais Waterfall, Batu, East Java (of course not as crazily much as these monarchs) my mind was blown away!! I would definitely faint from happiness if I ever see this much butterflies 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @ptmeyers6747
    @ptmeyers67473 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. Monarchs are amazing. I need to add this to my bucket list.

  • @NatalieLovesScents
    @NatalieLovesScents3 жыл бұрын

    I am in awe at God's creation.. wow! I hope I can one day come visit this beautiful place!

  • @onewithnature1WN
    @onewithnature1WN5 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video! I will see the monarch butterflies in January 2019 and I soooo can’t wait. This video is awesome and now I’m so excited for my trip.

  • @CVan-hh1sg
    @CVan-hh1sg6 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful. My niece’s indian name is Memengwaqu which means butterfly in Ojibwe. 🦋

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful name!

  • @tripsyck
    @tripsyck6 жыл бұрын

    i dont understand why your channel hasnt blown up yet, ill definitely share this video with my friends

  • @antianxietyrelaxation2073
    @antianxietyrelaxation20736 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing !!! So beautiful!!!! Going to plant those plants you talked about .

  • @matthewnochisaki4473
    @matthewnochisaki44736 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work as always Phil! This is one of your best

  • @rachelneff5837
    @rachelneff58376 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, phil!! Thanks for doing this!! Beautiful

  • @alirsdi8108
    @alirsdi81085 жыл бұрын

    So glad i came across your vids today. What a wonderful piece. Amazing clips. Beautiful experiences.

  • @IsaBetaBug
    @IsaBetaBug6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful scenes and the monarch butterfly story! I esp love the butterfly kiss and the footage of the back lit monarchs

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome Isa! If you ever get a chance to visit you must- you can then give one a butterfly kiss yourself :-)

  • @paulawetzsteon2429
    @paulawetzsteon24295 жыл бұрын

    Great video! The Monarch Butterflies have been flying over Thousand Oaks, CA for days now...what a magnificent sight!!

  • @carolinepaquier8156
    @carolinepaquier81565 жыл бұрын

    I watched a program on this amazing migration event in an Omni-Max theater at our museum. It was just gorgeous. This migrations should be listed as one of the wonders of the world. The sky was literally covered by them, even the sunshine dimmed when they flew into their destination. Then the trees totally changed, literally covered by Monarchs. You couldn't see the bark. This is SO worth protecting so that our grandchildren can experience it.

  • @butterflyproductionsmwvern8456
    @butterflyproductionsmwvern84565 жыл бұрын

    I first became aware of Monarchs migrating about 5 yrs ago when on several instances I noticed a monarch flying near my vehicls as I entranced the highway westward. Then I saw a 3-D documentary that stole my heart. In Sept/Oct, I've seen monarchs come through Indiana, a, from NE traveling SW. Sometimes stopping to rest. Thank for sharing this video. I'm curious to know how many acres of forest the monarchs occupy. I read it was less than two acres in 2013. Down from 44 in 1996. We cannot lose the monarch butterfly, and I will do what I can to spread the word about the importance of milkweed.

  • @tanya_not_tania3152
    @tanya_not_tania31523 жыл бұрын

    This video is reminding me of the time when I was in Pre-K and 1st grade and my teachers in both grades were freeing the butterflies.

  • @davinawonderling9361
    @davinawonderling93615 ай бұрын

    Just beyond beautiful ❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

  • @eatbeans_
    @eatbeans_6 жыл бұрын

    These videos inspire me to keep studying and work hard and maybe one day ill have a cool job like this. Or at least, get to travel and witness.

  • @campbub
    @campbub5 жыл бұрын

    Seen them up here in late September 2018..southeast Michigan area. I’m in love with the monarch butterfly 🦋 Breathtaking vid... thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

  • @bisdakpinoy3428

    @bisdakpinoy3428

    5 жыл бұрын

    campbub It would be nice if you have videos on those butterflies in Michigan #MonarchButterflies#Michigan

  • @littlecharmsoflife2024
    @littlecharmsoflife20245 жыл бұрын

    amazingly beautiful!!!! thanks for sharing

  • @saintmichaelstcapchannel9070
    @saintmichaelstcapchannel90705 жыл бұрын

    Hello from ologies😊 thanks for getting me through work last night great episode👍

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    5 жыл бұрын

    Any time! More Lepidoptera goodness coming to this channel soon 🙌🏼🦋

  • @amanda10171978
    @amanda101719786 жыл бұрын

    Just listened to you on Ologies Podcast! Had to check out your video. Nice work! 🦋

  • @mewrongway
    @mewrongway2 жыл бұрын

    Thank You so much Phil!! Amazing 🦋

  • @wesley2101
    @wesley21016 жыл бұрын

    i love this !!!thank for upload

  • @CherokeeBird
    @CherokeeBird Жыл бұрын

    Spiritual perfection...

  • @youtubesisters666
    @youtubesisters666 Жыл бұрын

    super cute! i love when the girl kiss the butterfly! how romantic!

  • @lunaMeeee
    @lunaMeeee11 ай бұрын

    Amazing experience 😍😍😍Thanks for sharing with us ❤️

  • @scottyscoper
    @scottyscoper6 жыл бұрын

    60fps. EXCELLENT!

  • @anaibarangan4908
    @anaibarangan49089 күн бұрын

    I'm seeing monarch butterflies in Northwest Florida, now in May, and they're usually not here until the fall.

  • @lindsayv3039
    @lindsayv30395 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding! I will make the journey one day☺ Thank you so much!

  • @iamboss334
    @iamboss3343 жыл бұрын

    Very awesome video! Thanks

  • @alexisgueitsperez6149
    @alexisgueitsperez61494 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Great for the classroom!

  • @LERAKO
    @LERAKO6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing sight!

  • @chrissmith8280
    @chrissmith82802 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Fantastic!

  • @salvadoroars
    @salvadoroars5 жыл бұрын

    1:12-1:16 That moment when a man knows exactly what they love and feel exactly where they belong. I'm actually jealous of your passion

  • @RandaHandler
    @RandaHandler6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @TobyCostaRica
    @TobyCostaRica Жыл бұрын

    What a small world. I’m looking up where to take my daughter to see butterflies and I see someone I’ve always wanted to work with (I’m a photographer in LA) at 2:16. We exchanged a few messages but never happened. I’ve been off the gram since being a dad I don’t even remember her name but glad to see her/you two having an amazing time!

  • @13th_fallenangel29
    @13th_fallenangel293 жыл бұрын

    I watched this because of the Ologies podcast with Alie Ward. Hi

  • @imagineme9233

    @imagineme9233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh heyyyyy

  • @priame6115
    @priame61154 жыл бұрын

    Sir I first came to know about your work through Al Jazeera. Really enjoyed your series and keep doing the great work. I was mistaken at first that I thought you were the brother of the Hillsong united Singer Joel Houston.

  • @alejandrarocha4367
    @alejandrarocha43676 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. I've been waiting for you to post this. Do you know what time of the year is the best time to visit the Monarchs in Michoacan? I've seem them many times in Santa Cruz,CA but never like this.

  • @TheJungleDiaries

    @TheJungleDiaries

    6 жыл бұрын

    December through end of February is best!

  • @jnzkngs
    @jnzkngs6 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the easiest environmental issues in the world to fix. Instead of paying lawyers and lobbyists ungodly sums of money to hobnob with the rich and powerful with the hope they will force others to bend to their will while those people pay their lawyers ungodly sums of money to fight it, just cut the lawyers and politicians out and spend the money to buy land and turn it into habitat. If you are willing to not be squeamish about hunting there are already organisations doing just this that would gladly welcome more habitat for their species. The funny thing about the hunting groups is that they don't pay people to force others to do what they want, they just do it themselves meaning fewer lawyers and lobbyists get second and third homes and more habitat is created without more restrictions on what people can do with their own land.

  • @elizabethlee2743
    @elizabethlee27433 жыл бұрын

    Here for a online school assignment loll, actually loved the video is soo pretyyy.

  • @michaelzuniga6839
    @michaelzuniga68395 жыл бұрын

    Today I just saw a some had to look up this video up thanks

  • @hannyyyyyr
    @hannyyyyyr3 жыл бұрын

    Hey! Me gustó mucho tu vídeo P.d.hablas muy bien el español :D

  • @lidiacastro485
    @lidiacastro4854 жыл бұрын

    it is amazing butterflies are beautiful

  • @taslimaferdous1443
    @taslimaferdous14434 жыл бұрын

    its like heaven here!!!!!!!

  • @debracavalieri3351
    @debracavalieri33513 жыл бұрын

    As I sit waiting for my last chrysalis of the year to emerge, I just had to know what would lie ahead for him/her. How absolutely stunning! Thank you. So their offspring will know to come back to the same place?

  • @ProtomanButCallMeBlues
    @ProtomanButCallMeBlues5 жыл бұрын

    So they're protected in Mexico because traditionally it was believed that the Monarchs were the spirits of their dead ancestors returning to visit. Quite beautiful.

  • @RRR-kn6sy
    @RRR-kn6sy5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @astar3376
    @astar33765 жыл бұрын

    Passing one right know in eas los Angeles Ca. 2019

  • @abrahamcruz7449
    @abrahamcruz7449 Жыл бұрын

    Never forget this name Homero Gómez. He die trying to protect this place.

  • @zgarcia563
    @zgarcia5636 ай бұрын

    Bellas hermosas bendiciones de Dios hermosas!!!! Simple como dice el guía cuídalas ❤❤

  • @joyful_flamingo7400
    @joyful_flamingo74006 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @brittanyrose1256
    @brittanyrose12565 жыл бұрын

    I raise the 5 generation... The ones that are there.. Oooo how I would love to be there...

  • @spirosstefanakis5399
    @spirosstefanakis53995 жыл бұрын

    Your Spanish it’s amazing!

  • @christinebrybag3261
    @christinebrybag32614 жыл бұрын

    that is so cool

  • @georgejetson1025
    @georgejetson1025 Жыл бұрын

    Does the monarch have its arivecan app uploaded ?

  • @sunnylight6742
    @sunnylight67424 жыл бұрын

    Monarch butterflies have a solar compass that is fixed to the position of the sun. These insect also use a remarkably accurate circadian clock - a biological function based on the 24 -hour day - to make corrections for the sun`s movement. Is the complex navigational system of the monarch butterfly the product of chance? Or is it evidence of an intelligent Designer?

  • @briceland6893
    @briceland68935 жыл бұрын

    me and my family are thinking about puting some butter fly plants in our back yard with our grand ma and she has a huge garden in her back yard ;)

  • @philipnorris6542
    @philipnorris65423 жыл бұрын

    Monarchs are really cool critters, long may they continue (I can't, unfortunately, assist by panting milkweed, for one very good reason---I'm British).

  • @cherrykuromi0823
    @cherrykuromi08235 жыл бұрын

    what time of year are the butterflies in mexico?

  • @azuraguillen6153

    @azuraguillen6153

    Жыл бұрын

    November-March

  • @cherrykuromi0823

    @cherrykuromi0823

    Жыл бұрын

    @@azuraguillen6153 lol i actually ended up going to the biosphere in angangueo couple of years ago in December :)

  • @adalidserraxd5227
    @adalidserraxd52272 жыл бұрын

    so nice dude ;0

  • @user-ng9kn3sn8r
    @user-ng9kn3sn8r4 жыл бұрын

    I only did this for school

  • @asalsamarrai2741
    @asalsamarrai27415 жыл бұрын

    💚💚🦋

  • @moistcu
    @moistcu3 жыл бұрын

    you are killing that buttchin

  • @nathalieyates7386
    @nathalieyates738610 ай бұрын

  • @brittnee402
    @brittnee4026 жыл бұрын

    LIFE 😊

  • @spencer6874
    @spencer68745 жыл бұрын

    Sent by cause science

  • @sashabrothers-nathan1485
    @sashabrothers-nathan14854 жыл бұрын

    helo i lov butterflies

  • @eddiegood1776
    @eddiegood17765 жыл бұрын

    HOW do they know to do that? Last ones that did it have been dead 4 ur 5 generations ago and they don't have google maps. This particular generation also lives far longer than the normal life span of a monarch. HOW does that happen? Anyone.

  • @kforest2745
    @kforest27458 ай бұрын

    Yes a most interesting life they lead little boat travellers lol

  • @suelee3391
    @suelee33915 жыл бұрын

    That forest looks like a circus.

  • @sofialuna5270
    @sofialuna52704 жыл бұрын

    When I was little, I got a book from my grandma about butterflies. It wasn’t a science book, but it felt like...magic to me. The book said that the butterflies were the universe. Each year, they would travel around the whole world, and when they stopped to rest, they would sleep inside these beautiful flowers, until it was time to travel again the next year. But then, the humans came. They were hungry, so they killed. They tried to show their strengths by fighting each other to death, and where their blood touched the ground, the soil dried and died. The humans, their heads filled with ideas, built over the butterflies flowers. And the butterflies died. The ones that survived, were scared of these monsters, so some flew so high up, they became the stars we see today. Others gave their bodies to the earth, and grass would grow. But there was one human, a very old one, who had seen what humans did, and so he lived away from society. He learned about butterflies, how they traveled the Earth and gave life to where everything seemed to be lost. He learned about how butterflies drank this sweet juice, that gave them energy to keep going. So, he recreated that nectar. he spent years and years, until he finally got it. He then stood outside, with the nectar on his hands, and his hand stretched out, waiting for a butterfly to arrive. he waited years, and people came to join him and help him, but soon left. he didn’t eat nor drink anything, he just waited. And then, when his feet were lost in the snow, and his hope was so low, a butterfly came. it drank from its hands, that sweet nectar it was looking for. And then the old man said, “i was waiting for you” and the butterflies took him, flew with him around the earth, until his body could take no more, and he perished. Where he fell and his body decomposed, a flower grew. And the flowers kept extending, and the butterflies could finally stop their journey and rest in those flowers.

  • @raahi2531

    @raahi2531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Omg that’s such a beautiful and mysterious story! I love it!

  • @AbdulAziz-uv2rk
    @AbdulAziz-uv2rk2 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @nenisyahrir4510
    @nenisyahrir45103 жыл бұрын

    📷👁👀👍🤩

  • @antopala4229
    @antopala42294 жыл бұрын

    and i am yiutuber

  • @patrickcivitelli1467
    @patrickcivitelli14674 жыл бұрын

    This video is HOT GRAVY!!!!

  • @ObiTrev
    @ObiTrev5 жыл бұрын

    *THE STING OF THE MONARCH IS DEADLY!*

  • @raahi2531

    @raahi2531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha.

  • @adalidserraxd5227
    @adalidserraxd52272 жыл бұрын

    Ps heart dont care if am in 2022

  • @nicolasgrangeonhandpanandd514
    @nicolasgrangeonhandpanandd5145 жыл бұрын

    Hello. I have a special request about this wonderful video. I sent you a message on your Facebook Messenger. Can you read it? Thanks a lot.

  • @yanimason3670
    @yanimason36703 жыл бұрын

    TUH KAN ADIK-ADIK ALLESION FEYRIES JIN, SANGAT SULIT MENCAPAI TEMPAT INI!!! HANYA DENGAN CARA INILAH, SPESIES KUPU MONARCH BISA SELAMAT! HANYA MANUSIA TERPILIH BISA KESANA, DENGAN PERJALANAN YANG SANGAT SULIT & SANGAT MISKIN. Oleh YANI MASON. THINK! WILL UNDER HUMAN CARE, THIS SPECIES MONARCH BUTERFLY WILL THIS MUCH ABUNDANCE? .... NAAAH! search GOGGLE me: YANI MASON.

  • @givehandtokira
    @givehandtokira3 жыл бұрын

    C'est sylvain durif

  • @raejayana7214
    @raejayana72144 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one grossed out by this ? 😖

  • @raahi2531

    @raahi2531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @jenn5628

    @jenn5628

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes you are 🙄

  • @gvn1jam

    @gvn1jam

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @amilshamathews519
    @amilshamathews519 Жыл бұрын

    ❤️