Karen Sinclair
Appearances
Short Wave
The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies
And when the larvae eat the sap, it makes them not taste good.
Short Wave
The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies
Yeah, and that's the reason why monarch butterflies and their caterpillars are so colorful. They are telling the world and all the predators, hey, I don't taste good. If you eat me, you'll feel really sick. So please go away.
Short Wave
The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies
And the number of times I have had the locals walk up to us and they go, what are you doing? We're like, oh, we're counting monarchs. The monarchs are here. I'm like, oh my gosh. I used to see monarchs all the time when I was a kid, you know. You could see them just dripping off the trees and I didn't think they were here anymore.
Short Wave
The Battle To Save Monarch Butterflies
Especially in the U.S., we all grew up with the idea that there's national parks, right? And they've got a fence around them, and that's going to be fine. But nothing's fine now, right? All threats are completely pervasive now, and we've got to deal with that.