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[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 months ago (19 children)

Just the idea of these dramatic transformations are super interesting imo. Imagine if humans shat out a sleeping bag, crawled into it, basically did pregnancy over again, and came out with new limbs that suddenly gave us a new mode of transport.

That would be sick. I guess puberty is sorta like this but idk, it doesn't feel as dramatic

[–] [email protected] 67 points 6 months ago (6 children)

puberty is sorta like this but idk, it doesn’t feel as dramatic

I really wonder what happened in your puberty to be “sorta like this”

First, the caterpillar digests itself, releasing enzymes to dissolve all of its tissues. If you were to cut open a cocoon or chrysalis at just the right time, caterpillar soup would ooze out.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer/

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's really screwy is memories survive that process. You can do Pavlov's dog type training on a caterpillar. The resultant butterfly will still react to the trigger.

The brain goes through a liquid phase, but still manages to maintain its wiring!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

The chrysalis process is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

I really wonder what happened in your puberty to be “sorta like this”

What, you didn't crawl into your puberty sac and grow your sex organs?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

That sounds like middle school

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah. Puberty. What was yours like?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

'Sorta like this' meaning: we undergo some physical changes (height, body hair, hormones, etc) but nowhere near as dramatic as eating yourself and reassembling

Nature/chem/physics is fuckin' cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How much caterpillar soup is needed to be lost to kill it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

oh hello there Dr. Mengele

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