Student Ava Gibson reacts as she and Alex Case of the Toledo Zoo’s Wild Toledo program release a tagged monarch butterfly at Gateway Middle School in Maumee. In March, the zoo announced that nine monarchs it released last September were located in Mexico.
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Adam Varner waits for a monarch butterfly to fly from his hand at Gateway Middle School in Maumee. Students in Michael Dick’s seventh-grade science class helped release 30 butterflies on Wednesday as part of Toledo Zoo’s Wild Toledo program.
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Students in Michael Dick's seventh-grade accelerated science class were releasing the butterflies with educators from the Toledo Zoo.
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A monarch butterfly perches in a tree after being released.
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A monarch butterfly basks in the sun after being released.
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Chris Berg, Education Coordinator at the Toledo Zoo, holds a monarch butterfly as he speaks to students at Gateway Middle School in Maumee.
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A student holds a monarch butterfly so its gender can be identified.
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Teacher Michael Dick, left, Toledo Zoo Education Programer Alex Case and student Amanda Simpson identify the gender of a monarch butterfly.
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A monarch butterfly warms its wings after being released.
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Monarch butterflies, some already tagged, wait to be released at Gateway Middle School.
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