A man found an injured butterfly, used a flower that had been kept for nine years and managed to give it back the ability to fly. It happened in Syria.
Morhaf Ghazi found a butterfly with a damaged wing during a walk in Amman, Jordan, and decided to try to save it with the means he had at his disposal: sugar water, YouTube tutorials and an orchid petal pressed almost a decade ago.
The 30-year-old man, originally from Syria, noticed the insect when it remained motionless on the trail. As he got closer, he noticed that the right wing was very crumpled, preventing the butterfly from taking off.
Instead of continuing on his way, the Syrian placed her in an empty food container and took her home, according to the story shared by .
Over the next few days, Ghazi improvised a small recovery operation. He fed the butterfly with sugar water, depositing small drops on a bouquet of flowers where the insect remained perched. It was then that she remembered a pink orchid that she had kept inside a book since around 2016. The dried petal, still preserved, ended up serving as the base for a replacement wing.
As he told SWNS, Ghazi drew the outline of the butterfly’s healthy wing on the petal and carefully cut out the necessary shape. Before intervening, he looked for videos on YouTube on how to safely handle butterflies. Then, using tweezers and a small amount of glue, he removed the damaged wing and attached the handmade prosthesis made from the dried flower.
Ghazi said he had read that butterflies don’t feel pain in their wingsjust pressure, and that’s why he decided to proceed with extreme caution. The procedure took about an hour, not counting the previous days of feeding and care.
The next day, the butterfly was able to fly. According to Ghazi, after the repair, the insect began to move better and gradually regained its ability to fly.
