Pursuing the Monarchs
Sep 15, 2017 | IMDB 0
52 min Watch NowDocumentary
The story of the Monarch butterfly: a symbol of American pride and the embodiment of the returning dead in Mexico. It would be a happy story, only, today they are dying. The monarch butterflies population has declined by up to 80% in the last decade. Who is to blame?
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2023
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IMDB 7 | Nov , 2019
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IMDB 5 | Aug , 2008
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IMDB 5 | Mar , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2024
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IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2008
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