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Nature's beauty floats gracefully through the air at the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, a glass-enclosed conservatory that is home to 50 species of tropical butterflies. As you walk along paths flanked with exotic tropical plants, butterflies flutter freely around you. Nearby, the award-winning video, On Wings of Wonder, plays continuously. You can even view the butterfly production center through observation windows. Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center Program (daily: Monday - Friday): 11:00 a.m. | Parrot Encounter Four species of tropical parrots will entertain you with amazing vocabularies. Experience their diverse personalities and hear why they are so much like humans. Learn why they can speak almost as well as us. And learn about the tropical rainforests from which they come and what it takes to survive in the jungle. You may even get a personal close encounter. Day Butterfly Center conservatory. | | 1:00 p.m. | Insect Encounter Experience exotic insects up close. Learn about their amazing camouflage techniques, their diverse behaviors, and their place in Earth’s tropical ecosystems. You’ll get to see some of the most interesting insects the world has to offer and you’ll learn about why there are so many different kinds. Day Butterfly Center lobby. | | 2:00 p.m. | Butterfly Encounter Did you know that some butterflies travel thousands of miles in their life time? And that they can hibernate in the winter, surviving temperatures as cold as freezing! Learn this and much more with this close encounter with one of Earth’s most famous and beautiful insects. Day Butterfly Center lobby. |
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