The National Butterfly Center & a PSA For America's Seniors
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- To become a member of the National Butterfly Sanctuary (and in turn receive reciprocal FREE admission to almost any botanic garden in the country due to the reciprocal admissions program), visit :
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In this episode, we make an attempt to de-radicalize American Seniors and Geriatrics by showing them the importance of a butterfly sanctuary and that sometimes a butterfly sanctuary is JUST a butterfly sanctuary, and NOT a front for a human smuggling operation or child abduction/baby-blood-drinking front.
Together we can take steps to de-radicalize American grandparents and save them from the propaganda machine of Tucker Carlson (the talking walnut) and other notorious rightwing media outlets.
If you have a geriatric American that you are worried has fallen victim to the right-wing media machine of unsubstantiated fear, falsely-fueled anger/vitriol and fear, don't be afraid to ask for help. Dial 1-888-OLD-FART to be directed to a repository of resources available for those concerned about the old and retired and their online activity.
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The insanity of trying to shut down a BUTTERFLY SANCTUARY 🤯 Thank you for this PSA. Any talk of grandparents always makes me miss my own beautiful Nanay, Tatay, Nanang, and Tatang. They would've thought QAnon is a bunch of nonsense.
by nature, butterflies are Communists. thus the friction.
Qanon is faaaaar closer to the truth than the propaganda “liberals”(not liberal but totalitarian fascists who cheer on censorship, lockdowns, and war) gargle. Im an actual leftist, a civil libertarian and non statist, so don’t think I am s trumper
@@rhizospheregaming Do you really, seriously believe that this wall will make your country more "safe"?
@@rhizospheregaming Mexicans aren't really coming here anymore it's mostly people from central America. And they are coming here because the united states government destroyed their economies and overthrew their democracies with coups. Wise up buddy. I know you won't. But hey other people try to understand history and geography. You have given in to fear and bigotry. ✌️
i was like "WHAT?" skjhfsdkghdkj absolutely insane. butterflies!! butterflies....
said it before, I will say it again. you can always tell when someone is honestly a good person when the smallest thing gets treated well and kept safe. and yes a person sized mantis would eat people, no doubt.
It's not the geriatrics. It's the moronic geriatrics. This almost 65 year old is convinced that a noticeable percentage of my generation have lost their f^&ing minds. Thanks for the tour. #butterflycenternotnexusofevil.
Wow, what a wealth of knowledge Stephanie is.. so much information in her noggin! And she's a great representative for the butterfly center. I hope they realize what an fantastic employee she is. The plant propagation there is just incredible. Thanks for the behind the scenes video, Tony. Nice job.
Completely agree! Wished this was a longer episode with her haha
Mark Zuckerberg's Conflict Algorithm is the best and most accurate thing I've heard in a while
This was awesome, to get to see the Mission, TX Butterfly Center. They are doing amazing work with plants and pollinators. Thank you.
Support this place. Shop their store on line, visit, do what you can. These places matter.
Trust me its not just seniors, plenty of the "Young Republicans" and dudes in their 20s have gone full psycho boomer already, shit hurts to watch them slowly lose their minds to fox news
I honestly think it's worse because they were taught to behave this way and have no other form of identity to grasp onto. Hatred is all they have in some cases.
There's a Q cult chapter leader in my hometown who's fairly young. He's so devoted to the cult and to MAGA that he bought a bus and painted his 3%er insignia, the Trump Punisher skull and the Q cult motto on it. He drives it around town on "patriotic days." 4th of July, veterans day, remembrance day, election day, etc. Dude is guano insane and got himself banned from Menards for life for pulling a mask stunt.
His whole family believes in some of the most insane conspiracies. Dads a rightwing nut job, brother thinks 9/11 was an inside job, another brother thinks schools are grooming kids, a sister believes SARS and AIDS are man-made bioweapons.
Their family is loaded with money too so I'm pretty concerned about the safety of my town.
Honestly, its both sides that are rotting the minds of Americans. Democrats have become just as looney and susceptible to propaganda as right wingers. Its really sad to see. The left use to be the anti war party but now they love war. The right is just as nuts as its always been. America is just in a sad state of affairs and the media and social media is rotting everyones minds and makes everyone not be able to think for themselves and not be able to see propaganda.
South Texas is my home. There’s also a place called Quinta Mazatlan in McAllen for birds.
It used to be mostly agriculture and has turned into quite a bit of sprawl.
South Texas is known for having “winter Texans” so lots of geriatrics in the winter. They used to just stay at the pizza buffet for 12 hours but I guess now they’re shutting down butterfly centers. Shame. We’ve always hated them.
They are my idols! I've probably got 50 different native wildflowers growing in my suburban Tennessee cul-de-sac lot. And a few crack plants, as well as noxious weeds like thistle for the nectar fiends. I've lured in rare birds and long-tailed skippers on a regular basis for a few years. As a 4-year sober alcoholic, I found wild plant identification and collection/ propagation to be an addicting replacement.. Thanks for another banger video!
Congrats on your recovery!
Yay, David! Well done! Who do you find useful for native plant info in TN? I follow a tiny home builder/community developer's channel in Newport, and I keep leaving comments reminding them to use natives in their future landscaping. You could be a great resource for them!
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Stephanie Lopez, she is a rockstar!!!
yup!!
The National Butterfly Center is such a gem!! I love getting to chat with the staff about plants. They are so educational and nice folk. It's always great when they invite us to come talk about bees, too :D
Tony, you are a International Treasure...and very much under appreciated
As a grandmother and a birdwatcher, please understand many of us are liberal and keeping it real.
Way to go, I bet your desserts are *out of this world.* 😃
Sorry madam but being a liberal bird watcher is too passive and won't cut one pound of power plant pollution.
@@robertl.fallin7062 yeah, better to do nothing at all
Liberals have their own blend of nutbags, too. I don't care if someone's politics agree with mine or not so long as they're not a dick and they can shut up about it and not proselytize. The saddest thing about American culture these days is that people think screaming at each other into the void will do anything. All it does is drive engagement for the conflict algorithm.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt”liberals” who cheer on censorship, lockdowns, forced medical procedures, sanctions, and war are not liberals but totalitarian fascists. At least right wingers usually have a slight libertarian streak, as opposed to the vapid authoritarianism of liberals.
Left vs right is political illiteracy. There’s left and right, but far more important is the authoritarian/libertarian axis of the quadrant graph which is the political scale.
Im a libertarian leftist, a civil libertarian and non statist, aka anarcho syndicalist. I have much more in agreement with right wingers than liberals. Liberals are the worst of the worst. My family are liberals and i hate them. Mass psychosis affects the educated liberals more than anyone
What a great episode!
A wonderful woman and a wonderful facility!
Just emphasizes the interconnectedness of... everything.
Those Chachalacas did look a bit shifty, though.
I mean it's somewhat comical, but mostly sad, to imagine a herd of geriatric whackos trying to hop the fence to fight the butterfly people. Any particular species of Asclepias I should plant to help out with butterflies? I got hummingbirds covered.
Hard to say without knowing where you live. Whatever is easiest to grow in your region. Asclepias speciosa can be a pretty great one.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Zone 9. Nearish you. I just wasn't sure if specific larvae need specific species. What's you favorite CA native salvia by the way?
@@swatch12345 easy solution - plant them all!
Plant any of them that are native to your immediate vicinity. If you don't know which ones those are, keep an eye out this summer when you're poking around (you are poking around, aren't you?).
Do you live in California? But only plant milkweeds native to your immediate vicinity because if you plant lets say a tropical milkweed in the Bay Area, it will stay green too late into the year and disrupt monarch migration patterns. Can get around this by chopping them to the ground at the appropriate time for your area. If your from California let me know, those are the milkweeds I know about
I'm very lucky to have access to a remnant of old growth forest to see native plants of my area, but my man Joey lets me see native plants from all over the world, and he's not afraid to get the Fox News Grandpas mad at him either. Great combo, great video
I’ve been to this place multiple times and this is easily the most attention I’ve ever paid to plants. I Unironically appreciate having Tony Soprano explain botany and the necessity of conservation to me
Thank you for bringing light to some people doing good in this world.
I understand that important habitat was dozed in pursuit of the vanity wall too. Brilliant plan, be such a denuded wasteland, nobody wants to be there 😔
I've gotta speak for non-pain seniors, I'm growing & rescuing where needed lotsa natives. I've had Zebras this spring!
Some beautiful stuff there, a day in plant heaven!
Monarch Waystation'er here. I've got over 70 milkweed in my yard + parsley, dill, rue, & fennel for my swallowtails. I should be seeing monarchs any day. Just found you. Love this on so many levels!! Personally, I can't think of anything better than being an avid flower gardener. Thk u🐛🦋 P.S. I'm so damned tired of nut jobs in this country.
I love when you do Texas videos. I feel like our nature and wildlife gets so much disrespect for not being "as good" or interesting compared to other places. I think people who say stuff like that maybe just don't know what they're looking at.
Young people like Stephanie give me a modicum of hope for the future.
Im so glad you covered this!
How a butterfly sanctuary ended up in the cross hairs of the Trump mob. Sad testiment to American lunacy. Thanks for showing it to us.
Putin Puppets.
@Pepper Johnson Q anon? More like Cope-Anon, amirite?
@Pepper Johnson Butterflies didn't molest anyone, you numbnut.
@Pepper Johnson I apologize to all the kids the Trump administration abused and molested. Even though didn't vote for the clown
@Pepper Johnson most child molestation happens within conservative households and structures
South Texas native here! Appreciate you, man! 🙏👏🙌
Thank you! This was a gem! I live in Alaska and after my divorce, I moved in with my mom. She had a garden full of purchased seeds and delphiniums. I came armed with local seeds and have transformed her beloved garden. We now have a very happy community of several species of butterflies and bees. I had collected so many seeds her driveway is now a garden as well. It’s really interesting how the dominant plant changes every year.
May I recommend a nice episode of murder she wrote or perhaps antique roadshow instead of Fox News
Or do some FN gardening for F sake. Get outside in nature or what not.
Perhaps some nice literature, a jog, or spending time with loved ones!
Feeling very down and depressed with the world as it is today. But your videos, and lots of coffee, help me get through the day. Thank you for all that you do, you twisted bastard!
WHY DO TRUCKERS NEVER HONK ANYMORE??? ASKING THE HARD HITTING QUESTIONS OUT HERE!
I live just a few hours from this center, and have the idea of planting natives in the back of my mind... Never knew it existed. Thank you for making this video.
I hope you have good soil there in the back of your mind. 😁 Happy gardening!
breakbeat reel at the end was a nice touch. been loving all the high production value editing lately, also you make a damn good tee-shirt joey, tell ya friends i said so
THIS. Is my favorite video of yours to date!
Mine, too!
What a beautiful wonderful reserve! Thanks so much for this virtual tour! And ya, I heard about the wackos shutting the place down. It's beyond mind boggling stupid. Off to send in my membership!
Exactly, I am with you trying to protect our seniors from wacko stuff. You have a kind heart, and I appreciate all your efforts against wackos, and for the plants, animals, and seniors! Thanks for noticing the little things!
How did I just find out about the Reciprocal Admissions Program or that many of these sort of programs exist? That's pretty amazing. Wishing the best for the National Butterfly Sanctuary; thanks for for bringing this to our attention.
This particular show of yours is my all-time favorite.
I was propagating native species for pollinators in central Texas a few years ago, and I thought I learned a lot. Then I see one of these videos and realize that I know approximately jack shit. Still, I've made a start, and I guess that's better than nothing.
Great video, and I hope the Butterfly Center gets past the problems they've been having. It seems like a great place to visit.
The butterfly center is one of my favorite places, so glad you showed it and had Stephanie to talk about all they are doing. Wonderful place and fantastic vid!
You can't fool me wıth that crass exterior. Inside beats the heart of a true botanical scientist. Busted! You're a real piece of work. More, please.
It’s a Chicago thing
Loved the drum solo finish, and love you showing places like this. Real nice one Ton'.
"Conflict algorithm" is such a good phrase, I gotta start using it
I seem to never notice the time while watching these videos, as they're so dense in visual and factual information, and while beautiful plants and scenery is calming, the loud speaking helps staying alert, like a Botanical Boot Camp.
I went to the National Butterfly Center in December 2020. It's such a beautiful area and I highly recommend it and the Bentsen State Park that is just up the road. I loved it so much I'm going back for Thanksgiving this year.
What a wonderful place. Thanks for introducing it to us
The message was super important too. Fuck those yahoos
Gorgeous! Stefanie and her Mom are the kind of people that humanity relies on to keep us alive.
Thank you!
Banger video! My favorite one yet. More like this please. Love the tie in to the birds and pollinators, love Stephanie, love the editorializing. Gonna buy a membership to the butterfly center for my old man. He's a geriatric but not a right wing whack job. He's a botanical bastard. Might even get him to watch your videos.
Vachellia? I always called those acacias, too. I missed a name change. Just drove through RGV earlier this week going to Mex for dental work, and that super-sweet smell was everywhere. Huge swaths of bright yellow along the roadsides-one of my favorite first signs of spring. My old ass pulled over, got out of the car, and had a frolic on the side of the road. Will have to check out the sanctuary on my next trip down there. Thanks for the info, didn't know it was there.
Awww, I wish I would’ve seen a random frolic. :)
wow those plant prices are a steal for beautiful natives
Amazing to see everything blooming in Texas while here at 4,000 ft in Arizona the mesquite have not even leafed out yet. When the yucca are blooming you cannot believe the hoards of moths at night. Like the movie The Birds.
This is my new favorite video. So much info I have to watch it a few more times! and more when I'm done! :)
We have that same green parrot establishing a population here in Houston as well. They nest in those super tall metal towers and I have been trying to call them to my yard for years. Now I know that I need that Hackberry tree!
Stephenie is definitely a CPBD fan because she uses the term “Butterfly Crack” 🤣🤣🤣
so cool that the mimosa tree had reactive leaves. i love it when plants actually move quickly
We got that Solidago sempervirens up in MA in the sand dunes. Such a sweet plant with thick leaves and stem! My favorite goldenrod by far. Glad to see it could handle the freeze!
I planted blue mistflower and it really is like butterfly crack, queen butterflies love them.
I love this channel.
I learn so much.
The sentiment of nature first is exactly how my garden is.
EDIT: Despite complaints from my family and friends.
Even the snakes get preference.
EDIT AGAIN: I love this lady. Her passion and knowledge is really beautiful.
FINAL EDIT at 40:20: I love your work. Greetings from South Africa.
What is happening to our nature really breaks my heart.
Great videos, awesome knowledge, thank you sir!
OK.....that nursery is awesome.....a great resource.
This is so fascinating. I'm only like 2 and a half hours away from this place, I definitely wanna go check it out some day!
So glad I come across your videos your commentary on them all is so good every word rolls of your tongue keep up the good work on educating us all
Great show thanks!! We’re signing up to be members and planting all of that 💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽
Thanks for the vid, I love being exposed to badass native Texas plants I can try and grow in Houston. Keep up the great work holmes
We here at CPBBD!!! Beautiful
Thanks for this video, this was really informative. I'd heard about the insanity with the right wingers trying to shut this place down, so it was nice to put a visual to match up with the meme.
The algorithm is just a mirror. a mirror that ends in an echo chamber for some.
If i was from USA surely I would be a member of the national butterfly center😍
Rock on Tony!!! From one butterfly luvin senior!!! & Herpetologist that Luvs the Indigos!!!
Regards, Viet vet VFP
F-ing awesome. Man, I really want to get some of those plants, it might be worth the 5hr drive to get down there. I hate Home Depot's garden section too.
This video was so great, love hearing about all the great native plants from you and the native species from Stephanie. The Chachalacas were a bit shifty but i would love to hang with them
I dont live near the sanctuary but I ordered a mug from them so they can get some nice barbed wire to keep the crazies out.
Oh man. I volunteered there a few years back. Incredibly infuriating situation.
This one really needs to be in Smell-O-Vision. Great episode though. Thanks for showcasing the great work these folks are doing!!
Pretty sure that's a White-lined Sphinx Moth cat at the very end
Glad to be a part of CPBBD
Another really great presentation. Thank You!
So we'll done...loved the butterfly pics that helped show what lives down there. Fun to see the birds too! Good luck and hope the place opens back up soon!!
Welcome to Texas once again my friend.
Fantastic video!
Great location!
I'm in Central Tx,
zone 8b,
(Altho this Spring it feels more like zone 9, or even 10...
But that's Texas for ya)
and I've already planted some of these in my front yard!
Woot Woot!!
There's even lions mane mushrooms growing on a giant log IN MY FRONT YARD!
I'm so jazzed about it!
The humans over here don't care about HOA's etc., it's wonderful !
This vid has given me some fantastic ideas of more stuff that NEEDS planting over here, so Thank You for that!
I've also got a few places in mind for planting this kinda stuff where nobody's lookin, if ya know what I mean.
Hope those tamales were as good as the ones I get around here!
Now I know where to buy some local flowers when I beat the capitalist monster and manage to afford a house
Hey! Not ALL seniors are crazy. Like me. Don't combine me with those crazies! Please... 😊✌
Love the moth aside, didn't know about the pollinia. I thought yucca were in asparagaceae though, I think about that every time I see their stalks and imagine a giant asparagus. I don't know much about plant family discourse though
*Asparagales, the order. But the taxonomy is a mess at the moment.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt You can say that again. Life was easier when we didn't know so much.
Only sociopaths would have a problem with a butterfly center out of all things. Sick bastards.
The butterflys are playing 4D chess. OPEN YOUR EYES
Amen - I FN love this channel
As someone who obsessively studies that damn cult this episode was hilarious to me. Any jabs at those cultists are well deserved.
Please never stop making content. I love you and this channel so much!
Evil is a real thing , this is beauty, this is truth, this is knowledge. Don't marvel that evil attacks the butterfly sanctuary it appears to be chaos, but it's not, it's intentional . Get yourself a cape Joey you're a fecking superhero , spreading the knowledge!
Right. GQP and Trumputin is a death cult. They hate life and beauty.
I’ve heard a fully grown tortoise can smuggle in a family of five in its shell without even knowing
Loved this! ❤️ cheers, for all the Butterfly 🦋 Crack plant info!
I bumped into one of those yuccas in a Walmart parking lot just trying to get out of my car. It was several points of contact and a big ouch in my leg.
This is my favorite TH-cam channel - always learn so much good stuff 🥰 definitely gonna plant some of these next year
Was so happy to find out my yard has large masses of “blue mist flower” and goldenrods growing naturally in the drainage ditch in my front yard.
I just saw this cool dude on Wired talking about plants. I was like who is this 🤡 trying to be like Joey S. Just bc he has a cute face and sorta talks like you but if u were at a job interview. Turns out it is you. Never saw ur face before. PS; we lost our grandma to Fox News last year. We tried everything but she was too far gone.
Paying my respects: F
The old folks do like something to get angry about. My gran was pre-internet so she just fantasized that the people across the road kept breaking into her house and stealing cooking ingredients out of her larder.
Friday night "knowledge is power." I'm in.
You know what would be cool? You doing a series of shows, one for each state of what plants/ trees to buy for butterflies...or endangered bugs...people would listen to you. Promise
I'm in SE Houston area and was actually looking into goldenrod. That's crazy cool that theirs survived the Feb freeze!! I'm definitely gonna have to get some for the few butterflies and bees we get around here. :)
I love the social commentary rants! If only people would listen to sense....
Mantis: (starts dancing)
That's not a praying mantis, it's a party mantis.
Went here today. It was impressive for sure
my neighbors of many years recently devolved into the tucker carlson quagmire. Quite sad
Yay! Shout out to the Carolina Parakeet!