Imagine finding that butterfly and not knowing why an insect has a feather.

"He was ready to go! I wasn't ready to see him leave..." I felt that.

I imagine it had so much trouble with the prosthetic, not because of its lack of strength, but because the feather was completely different aerodynamically and wasn't able to move in the same way a natural wing would. But it did it! Eventually it learnt to compensate and I think that's incredible.

Is no one gonna point out how cool naming him Nemo-Bucky is??? (Nemo had a bad fin and Bucky Barnes has a prosthetic metal arm) THIS STORY IS SO CUTE!!

Just imagine how gentle someone would have to be to give a prostetic to a butterfly.

This story should be made into a children's book.

That tattoo is everything. There's a beautiful meaning and story behind it.

I wouldn't have believed it without seeing it. How was the feather attached so permanently, with the butterfly holding still?! Butterfly wings are so fragile she couldn't have held it down. That's seriously impressive.

Lady, you've LITERALLY earned your angel wings.

"He was ready to go, but i wasn't ready to see him leave" we never are..

YES, as someone commented below, this would make an enduring children’s book! ❤️GO FOR IT❤️

There is a special place in heaven for this kind heart.

i won't lie, a butterfly with a feather replacing part of its wing is a beautiful symbol as well.

This is like a real life “How To Train Your Dragon”

Butterflies have little lives to live. But this woman is making the butterfly life longer...

She is such a beautiful human being. This was so heartwarming.

"He was ready to go, I wasn't ready to see him leave." Damn, that strikes too close to home.

That the butterfly brain is complex enough to relearn flight with a prosthetic wing is astounding.

So happy she decided to bring him outside, they need the sun light so they can warm up their muscles to be able to fly since butterflies are cold blooded, amazing how he adapted to the weight of the feather! Loved the tattoo!

The amount of empathy and emotion is amazing. Makes me sad that some people don’t even show that towards other human beings.

Probably the Best DoDo I've ever seen. What can beat this woman? She is really something. He flew away and came back. What a miracle.

That was very innovative of you to help the butterfly. Not many people would have taken the time and effort that you did to help such a delicate creature. I applaud your patience and diligence!

She even got a tattoo for the butterfly awww 🥺 I’m happy people in the world exist that will help a butterfly like this

This little flying bug has made me more confident than ever before, life is short, don't be quiet, enjoy it

I hope she turns this into a children’s book about being different. What a champion story!

How does this video have dislikes when she literally made a WING from a FEATHER for a BUTTERFLY! That's truly amazing

Plot twist, he met a horde of migrating birds... And they thought he was there sibling due to the feather !!

"He was ready to go but I wasn't ready to see him leave" OMG this line just refreshed the old wound and now I'm in tears😣😣

I wasnt prepared for how heart warming this is and how emotional it would make me

I bet the stem of the feather made the right side of the wing much heavier than the left. He was probably trying to adjust flying with more weight on one side rather than being symmetrically balanced. I’m glad he was able to master flight again in the end.

Let's make more of her, we need this type of people in the world. She's the best.

Amazing. With the time this must have taken, this Monarch had to have been a last generation, the ones that migrate and can live up to 9 months. This past summer I had one that would visit my hummingbird feeders, all throughout the day. He'd land on me from time to time, sit there flexing his wings. Now he's gone, headed south. I miss him already.

The fact that she got a tattoo of him shows just how special his impact on her life was❤

This woman is just amazing. How big-hearted she is. Not a cat, not a dog, not a bird, but a butterfly. The one, most of us wouldn't even bother caring about. Truly amazing

Brought a tear to my eye, woman's an angel.

Had motorbike crash last week and can't walk yet because of injurys but when I see the tattoo words never give up it moved me, a little butterfly can recover I'm sure I will easily. Great video/story

You should write a Children's book about your experience called, "The Bionic Butterfly". It would be a best-seller.

Monarch butterflies lifespans vary from each generation, the longest generations lifespan being 8-9 months. So if we’re lucky he’ll be around for that long or maybe even a little longer :)

He never gave-up because, as all of us, he couldn't give-up. Life is stronger than anything else. Thank you Madam!

How can this video be sad and happy in the same time

Imagine, seeing a butterfly with a small feather on its wing, made by people? That would make me so emotional

The world may not have changed, but yours and this beautiful butterfly world has changed forever.

I've no idea who is chopping onions whilst I'm watching this but this had to be one of the most beautiful stories I've ever watched with tears rolling down my cheeks (onion tears of love and joy🥺🧅🥺🧅)

The amount of patience that took is awe inspiring. Respect.

I love that she got a tattoo of Nemo-Bucky. Though his life may end sooner than hers, he'll always be with her now. Encouraging her to live her best life. Wonderful. ❤️

Being that close to a butterfly and trusted by him is already awesome, and you even made him a wing wow

My heart wasn't ready for this video. That tattoo. Ugggh I need to crawl into bed and cry now.

Nobody would spend their time to save a creature that doesn’t live so long in its adult stage, but that one small act of kindness doesn’t care how long the butterfly will live.

The fact that she has this connection with this butterfly an insect, is so fascinating and tells you all of the earths creatures are capable of making a connection with you.

It’s fascinating how people come into contact with an animal that could change their lives this way I shed a tear or two watching this, it was beautiful how such a small gesture can change someone’s life, in this case both

This story needs a grammy honestly! So inspiring❤️

The level of love and respect this woman showed for such a small creature is absolutely beautiful.

This is amazing. This woman is an angel.

I swear I cried watching this, love is in the "small" (but whole hearted) acts that can change other's lives, no matter if those others are human or not

My God that was SWEET! That's the kind of love and understanding that we all should strive for. Thanks for sharing this, you beautiful woman!

I can't believe I'm crying because someone made a butterfly a prosthetic wing but I am. This channel always gets me.

"He never gave up" More like, YOU never gave up on him.

This restored my faith in humanity. If people can be so kind enough to help a butterfly with a missing wing, which can be a common thing, then that is just unbelievable to me. I sincerely hope this person continues to help animals, no matter the size.

That butterfly was able to live longer because of this woman. For an insect to remember her kindness is really extraordinary.

She is an amazing person... Everyone knows how short a butterfly's life span is but she still took the effort of giving the broken insect a new lease at life 😭 Is it ok if I cry over this I just truly appreciated what she did 😭

Can't imagine most people dedicating such time into a butterfly, so this guy is lucky to have landed in your garden ... sort of speak.

I am so happy that there are people like you in the world. Thank you for helping the butterfly!

Such a small and delicate thing. I never would have imagined there would have been a way to save or help it in a damaged state . Truly impressive

The fact she named it Nemo- Bucky makes it so relatable since Nemo from finding Nemo grew up with a deformed fin and Bucky from Captain America got a prosthetic limb after losing his arm

This is beyond the most inspiring thing I've seen. A woman who puts so much into "fixing" the little things of world. Those who are fortunate to know her are blessed.

A beautiful example of how life coexist in nature and be helpful.

The feather was heavier but the poor thing managed to get it right! It's amazing. Made me remember a butterfly we found literally attached to our kitchen door last February. It's been really a strange thing because in nearly 40 years I've never seen butterflies around during the winter season, in the very coldest days. My mom tried to make her fly away but next time she would open the door, the butterfly was still there. During one of these times, the green lady came inside and flew in the living room, where there's a wood stove. She clung to the curtain and stayed there for all the rest of the evening. When it was time to go to bed, we tried to make her go out, in vain. She wanted to stay in the warm!! So we left her some water with sugar and went away. The next morning my dad found her on a piece of apple skin. She stayed with us four more days and then flew away. Having a pet butterfly has been a wonderful experience, actually taught me to open doors with gentle movements!

I’m so glad we have people like this woman that still exist in this world with a heart full of love

“He was ready to go..I wasn’t ready to see him leave” Damn I felt that..well believe me none of us were, but it’s just beautiful that she saw him again with the wing, and the tattoo, ah I can’t my heart this was beautiful- 💜

What sicko would ever thumbs down this? This woman is an amazing angel. I almost cried, it was so touching. She's so right about life. Truly beautiful video 🙏🏼💗🦋👩‍🔬💗🙏🏼

That's one of the best story/video, I've ever seen. Amazing on how she fixed the butterfly wing and it worked. Awesome job on a delicate life.

Oh boy and now I'm crying. The world really is full of little miracles. I'm so thankful she rescued him and gave him a chance at life.

Imagine not knowing anything about this story, and then one day just seeing a butterfly land on a bush with a feather where it's wing should be. That kind of experience, I have to imagine, would be incredibly bizarre. Something you've likely never seen before, and probably will never see again, and the events leading up to it, unless you by chance stumble across this video, are a complete mystery, even if you know there has to be a story there. To you, it's just a little miracle, a little blip of an event with an unknowable cause rooted in the deep interconnectedness of life. Something happened, someone did something to make this impossibly strange thing in front of you, but unless luck is very much on your side, you'll never know exactly what, or why.

of all the dodo videos ive binge-watched like forever, this one got me to tears. butterflies have a short lifespan and yet she still made it's life better after it's failed wings ❤️

Wow! Saving... helping ... The Butterfly was the purpose of life for this woman! Bravo!

Even knowing butterfly lifespans are short, she still helped it get better. Man, I feel like I need to learn from her

"He never gave up..." And neither did his awesome mom:)

This brought happy tears to my eyes. It makes me so happy to know that there are other people out there that are so caring and loving. Bless you for helping that little guy out. ❤️

What a beautiful Soul you are for saving him. When he came back to see you, I cried. He was saying Thank You for saving him 🦋

For the short-life of that one-single butterfly, she did a wonderful job. She made the world a little bit better. If only, all people are like her.

Monarch butterflies have a fairly long life if they are the last generation hatched and migrate to México for the winter living up to 9 months so she very well may have save this butterflies family line from dying out : ) wow well done 🦋

“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” - D.H. Lawrence

It made me choke what she said in the end - it maybe short and fleeting but in the grand scheme of things all of our lives are just a short blip here on Earth.

Man...I am tearing up. This woman is pure gold. And the bionic butterfly is beyond amazing. God bless them both!

That woman is an absolute genius. She invented a prosthetic wing for a butterfly, of all creatures! Never would've thought of that!

This should be made into a children’s book! I loved it. I almost cried near the end, when Monarch butterfly takes off and then the lady’s comment and her tattoo. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing this story. It felt like a story from a children’s book.

That butterfly lived a good life amongst the gentle giants

This is awesome evidence to show learning in insects. He was clearly learning through trial and error how to fly with his prosthetic wing, and altering his style to try new techniques. This requires complex thought and memory. He could not figure out how to do this through "pre-preprogrammed" instinct as he had to figure out a new technique with which he could fly with as prosthetic. So cool that this process was documented, would love to see research on insect learning observing similar things.

That is what “a heart of gold” means. Also, it was super adorable when they were “training” a butterfly 🥰

It’s so cool seeing people helping insects and animals✨🙂

The planet is blessed with healers, am glad she listened to her spirit and worked on saving the butterfly. It may look small to you but it was profound to her to realise and acknowledge she has a gift. That is a gain for the planet.

Apart from the love she has shown to this little butterfly her Message of, "Never Give Up" should be a boost for all of us. What a beautiful thing she did. 👍🎸🙏💜

As extraordinary as the woman being prepared - and able - to repair a butterfly wing with a prosthetic was the fact that the butterfly learned to fly with it. Although feathers and butterfly scales are both made of chitin (the same as our fingernails), butterfly wings are way thinner, and the scales can be accidentally rubbed off by handling, sufficiently to impair flying. The prosthetic wing must have been considerably heavier (in relative terms) and thus the insect would have had to completely relearn how to fly - something that was instinctive - with this new imbalance. In addition, the forewing, like all the wings, has a network of microscopic veins fed through a single vein where the wing attaches. These were obviously severed, so the butterfly also has to learn how to flap that one forewing minus the control and sensory feedback that would have allowed it to fly. That a butterfly even has that capability for such rehabilitation is qute astonishing to me.

How amazing is this act?! She even took him to work with her! She spent so many days on this little buddy!💕🤍

This has to be one of the cutest things ive ever seen

Things like this, people like you are the only reason I continue in this world

She never gave up either. Lovely story. Faith restored indeed.

As someone who had a heart transplant, this spoke to me on a deep spiritual level. Thank you for being so kind, we need more people like you.

There‘s a video on KZfaq, of a butterfly playing with a dog. Keep on landing on his nose. The dog played along catching. Butterfly seemed to enjoy the game. Incredible.

Wow!!! What an ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN YOU ARE!! How endearing and PRECIOUS!!!