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The Butterfly Release Hauler
The sound you just heard was our butterfly release hamper and zipping. It's a soft mesh enclosure that we use to transport newly hatched butterflies from our emergency chamber. And then we unsip the hamper and we let them fly out into the exhibit. Tilly, what is your guess? This time last time, you were thinking a bird. Do you have new thoughts? Well, it kind of sounds like maybe something rubbed against each other and making like a squeaky sound. What do you think that squeaky sound might be? I've no clue. A her, is the answer. Tim helps take care of the butterflies in the rain forest exhibit.
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