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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (6 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

The chrysalis process is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

That sounds like middle school

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Puberty. What was yours like?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

oh hello there Dr. Mengele

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The crazy thing is they completely liquify in the pupa and reconstitute from the goo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh my god how did I forget about titties and balls droppin'!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm... Man seemingly dies, goes into a small space with hard walls, comes back a little while later with the ability to fly... Is Jesus mothman?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that’s never been in doubt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, more like wining a lottery?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

not exactly what I meant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It worked... or it will work? for Jeffrey Sinclair and Delenn. Just don't think too hard about which one of them did it / has done it / will do it first.

And the closest thing to a moth wasn't either of those.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like how it holds the “I” when screening friends. Creepy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So I'm the only one who read it as Friiiiiiends? 😂