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How does the monarch get out of the chrysalis?
From inside the chrysalis—surrounded by a hard shell, with wings and legs tightly bound—how does a monarch manage to emerge? Watch the video clip several times. Draw and write about what you observe and wonder. Then find out more about how a monarch ecloses, or emerges, from the chrysalis in this week's slideshow and photo gallery.

Video clip of monarch butterfly eclosing from chrysalis

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