[Leps-l] Remarkable news!

[Neil Jones]

The delay in reporting the figures for the size of the Mexican monarch 
overwintering colonies has been explained today in a remarkable revelation.

The results of a top secret research project have finally been revealed 
to the public. The findings have caused ripples of excitement across the 
scientific community. A research group of paleontologists has been 
working in the area of the colonies and they have made some remarkable 
finds.

Subfossil bones dating back to around only 2 millennia ago have been 
unearthed from the nearby forest. Detailed examination by experts has 
shown they belong to an giant species of ape. The ape named 
Gigantopithecus epimenides by experts is believed to be an extinct 10 
foot tall orangutan which lived swinging from the trees in the oyalmel 
forests.

Work on excavating the bones delayed the counting work but it was done 
with extreme care to avoid disturbing the butterflies.

  Professor Jan van Leugenaarsdorp of San Serriffe University said,"It 
seems there really were bigfoot creatures around until at least 2000 
years ago and it does appear they were monarch watchers."

Neil Jones neil at aurinia.co.uk

1st April 2022