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'''Migration''' is the movement of animals (particularly [[bird]]s) to live in another place.
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A place where nobody dared to go
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The love that we came to know
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They call it Xanadu
  
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With animals, migration is usually a periodic movement to better climate or feeding areas.  It is typically repeated in a similar manner each year.
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And now
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Open your eyes and see
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What we have made is real
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We are in Xanadu
  
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== Animals ==
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A million lights are dancing
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And there you are
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A shooting star
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
  
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Animal migration presents marvelous examples of good design:  how do many creatures find their way to their destination?
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
  
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Each year, a few towns in [[California]] are greeted by the arrival of tens of thousands of [[monarch butterfly|monarch butterflies]].  [[Pacific Grove]], California, is the peculiar destination of a huge quantity of such butterflies each year.
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Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
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For you, Xanadu
  
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The [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]] provides a description of the phenomenon.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/voyagers.html</ref>
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The love
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This report notes that one butterfly was tracked along a 1,870 mile route, from [[Ontario]] to [[Mexico]].  Its actual flight distance could easily have been two or even three times greater, because butterflies do not fly in straight lines.
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The echoes of long ago
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You needed the world to know
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They are in Xanadu
  
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How do the [[butterfly|butterflies]] navigate themselves?  This ability has confounded scientists for a long time, although they now have some understanding of the incredible design features involved.
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The dream
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But the question remains:  How did these creatures acquire this ability in the first place?
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That came through a million years
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That lived on through all the tears
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It came to Xanadu
  
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Materialistic explanations are inadequate.
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A million lights are dancing
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In [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] terms, butterflies are merely [[insect]]s far less developed than [[human]]s.  But most humans could not even [[navigation|navigate]], unaided, 1,870 miles to a certain destination.
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And there you are
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A shooting star
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
  
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Simply recounting migration illustrates its wonder:"<ref>http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/buginfo/monarch.htm</ref>
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
  
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{{QuoteBox|There are 12 known pockets of [[forest]]s in Mexico where Monarchs gather for the winter. They have been seen in the [[Sierra Madre Mountains]] of Mexico by the tens of millions, and estimated at 4 million butterflies per acre. All wintering sites are about 9,000 feet in elevation, generally cold with [[frost]]s at times. ...  The majority of Monarchs from the east side of the [[Rocky Mountains]] overwinter in Mexico, but those from west of the Rockies overwinter in groves of [[Monterey pines]] or [[eucalyptus]] trees at sites along the California coast, from [[San Francisco]] to [[Los Angeles]].}}
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Even more remarkable is how many butterflies die during the migration, and yet their offspring continue on the same journey nevertheless.
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Xanadu...
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== References ==
 
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{{reflist}}
 
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== See also ==
 
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* Poirier, Jules, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/763/ The magnificent migrating monarch] ''Creation'' 20(1):28–31, December 1997.
 
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Revision as of 14:56, August 7, 2010

A place where nobody dared to go The love that we came to know They call it Xanadu

And now Open your eyes and see What we have made is real We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing And there you are A shooting star An everlasting world And you're here with me Eternally

Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine For you, Xanadu

The love The echoes of long ago You needed the world to know They are in Xanadu

The dream That came through a million years That lived on through all the tears It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing And there you are A shooting star An everlasting world And you're here with me Eternally

Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) In Xanadu

Now that I'm here Now that you're near in Xanadu Now that I'm here Now that you're near in Xanadu Xanadu...

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