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mellielong said:We have signs at MOSI asking people not to pick the flowers. Even in the flight cage I have to tell kids not to pick them. They think if they stand there with literally one little penta bloom in their hand the butterfly will land on it. I explain that's not how it works, but some of the kids are dumb. Some of the adults are even dumber. Luckily, that's like 5-10% of our guests.

I only went to the Butterfly Pavillion they have in Denver one time. It shocked me that parents defended their kids that were stepping off the path and trying to reach the butterflies while stomping on the plants. Hearing "They are just kids" I found disrespectful to the butterflies and selfish. I felt bad that the staff probably had to deal with that kind of thing frequently.