What’s Inside A Caterpillar 'Cocoon?'

[@Horizon_Flyer]

I had rescued a Caterpillar one day in High School, the school was given new trees to decorate the front entrance. Well in those trees where hundreds of Caterpillars that started to crawl down the tree to turn into Chrysalis. I saw a few being squished by some students so I grabbed one and took it home. I took a small twig with leaves to feed it in case and placed it into a small glass fishbowl and watched them. I later added a long stick for it to climb on. I left for the day and came home to see him upside down. I was excited and witnessed the Chrysalis being shed. While it was a Chrysalis I talked to them and played music mainly a kazoo song. A few weeks pass and I come home to see my Chrysalis bud had emerged and was still hanging upside down. I quickly and carefully moved the container outside to release them. After and hour I saw them testing their wings still upside down. I placed my finger next to them and they climbed on. Soon they perched on top of my finger and after a few test flaps they took off. Nothing like seeing a butterfly experience flight for the first time. I thought they'd leave me and live it's life free but 2 days later I come home and in the backyard I see my Butterfly flying around and after putting my bag down and walking to them, they landed on my shirt saying hello to me. I'd hum the song from the video and they'd land on me almost everyday. After 10 months I knew they'd died but I still see his species around and ever since a few seem to know me and either land on me or fly next to me as I walk. The species for those who want to know is the Mourning Cloak Butterfly which have a lifespan of 11 to 12 months the longest lifespan of a butterfly. Edit: Thank you everyone for all the kind words you've all said. I'd thought this comment would be swept away in the wave of comments but here I see it with over 500 likes! Anyway I acted out in a show of a maternal instinct for the little guy struggling to run from creatures many times larger than them. I guess that my act resonated and impacted the life of a lovely insect who was a major part of my life after school. Once I was trying to sun bath as my skin is rather fair. While I was laying there on a lawnchair my butterfly friend landed and rested on my leg enjoying the moment.

[@Soul22Tiara716]

Awww what a Sweet story!!!

[@raheemam]

Blessed soul❤

[@ughatjsp1]

Beautiful story

[@skootergirl22]

I know people hate catapillas because they eat crops but people killing them for fun. Don't they know that those ugly creatures turn into something beautiful? No wonder they are lack of butterflies, I rised painted ladies from catapillas to butterfly it was a kit whete you buy the eggs and watch them grow, it's intresting to watch their heads fall off duing metamorphosis.

[@tovunguyentrang07]

@@skootergirl22 butterflies are also an important pollinator.

[@ekathe85]

I was wondering if a caterpillar technically "dies" when dissolving its body in order to become a butterfly. But if they can actually remember things they've experienced as caterpillars then at least some part of their nervous system probably remains. It's fascinating.

[@duckymomo7935]

No, they never die at any point It’s only the caterpillars insides that dissolve

[@weefunkster]

@@duckymomo7935 But surely the brain dies when it turns to mush, how is it even possible for any part of the brain to live in a soup without support from organs?

[@catherinespark]

@@duckymomo7935 Yeah, a tiny little thing, that! Who needs insides anyway? Waste of tissue :p

[@dominicmarshall1189]

They dont really die, they basically "replace" things like muscles and legs but keep important things like the nevous system, brain and breathing tubes while inside the chrysalis

[@Koellenburg]

same thought while watching .... same conclusion .... fascinating indeed

[@Tsukiko.97]

What’s inside a caterpillar cocoon? Hank Green: *A MOTH*

[@hongpigeon2950]

Why not joe hanson?

[@wintermelon6390]

Umbrella corp

[@vlr7368]

Love that guy

[@erickpeculiar823]

Only elite know what's up

[@EduardoEscarez]

@@hongpigeon2950 Because of a recent video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKvJf3esiZdrqLc

[@spectralaves]

God, their transformation is absurdly fascinating. Never ceases to amaze me that a little sausage creature can reshape its own guts into something that looks completely different, not to mention capable of flight.

[@EvanXTP]

Why is the world so weird

[@sammysgoldenhour]

@@EvanXTP weird but beautiful 😇

[@EvanXTP]

@@sammysgoldenhour yeah!

[@hulick6910]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE YOUR MUSIC, SPECTRALAVES!!!

[@lukasblur3500]

They give me hope that one day I can reshape my gut into something better.

[@watercat1302]

Butterly: “They just don’t make insects like they use to. Back in my days when I was just a caterpillar, I had to dissolve myself to grow...”

[@watercat1302]

Count Roy ...you’re not very funny, aren’t you?

[@watercat1302]

Count Roy It’s a joke to mimic old people when they complain about how young people have it easy...

[@karilizard3667]

@Joel Roy what?

[@fatpigeon1066]

What's inside a caterpillar cocoon? *A Caterpillar*

[@keiholic]

Lmao

[@pigeonfowl474]

Lmao

[@tiggerisdumb]

Lmao

[@karlanmander-gaminganimati9359]

Lmao

[@moonshine.9169]

Lmao

[@jeanpierre7566]

So caterpillar's literally die to born like butterflies?

[@eloisdj1]

That's what I was thinking, like is that even the same life form anymore? Or did the Caterpillar die and a new creature was born from its corpse

[@MajorasWrath1]

the nervous system remains intact throughout

[@KinghtofZero00]

@@eloisdj1 they did say the butterfly remembers the type of smell to avoid from when it was a caterpillar so it should have it's memories

[@jeanpierre7566]

So I have been reading and yes, literally every part of the caterpillar is dissolve, only the extracellular structure remains, there are even hypothesis that claim that butterflies are the result of two different species mixing their genes in the past, so yeah kinda mess up

[@thegreatgoblin1871]

@@jeanpierre7566 No, they're the same organism. Both the adults and larvae have the same DNA. The DNA is just expressed differently when they become adults. This is the same for all insects that go through incomplete metamorphosis as well (dragonflies, mantises, roaches etc), even though their transformation isn't as extreme as the insects that go through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis) like beetles, butterflies, flies, bees etc. Complete metamorphosis was slowly evolved from incomplete metamorphosis so that the larvae and adults would be adapted to different lifestyles and wouldn't compete with each other for resources. This puts them at an advantage because the larvae can totally focus on eating and the adults can totally focus on breeding. Only some parts of the pupa (chrysalis) are dissolved. Caterpillars still have a nervous system, true legs and even internal wings that will used in the adult stage after some serious modifications, but the caterpillar never becomes a bag of soup unless it's been infected by a disease or parasite.

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

A caterpillar who's gonna grow up and be a beautiful butterfly

[@subscribeofficial7134]

did you spying on me?

[@officiallyshroomie]

Ah yes, the wild sasquatch Wait a minute, what's this? Hes playing an... an XBOX?!

[@catvapecult5876]

Aw yes, bigfoot.

[@Name-ps9fx]

I’d rather be typecast as a stick. 😉

[@MrCapullo000]

A Bug's Life

[@Coyoteari]

“Imaginal discs” are just HM Fly

[@daisymay6505]

🤣 true, true

[@meme_lover.69]

b r u h

[@4swordsluver]

High tier joke

[@sinnabum]

*s class pokemon trainer has entered the chat*

[@AXAND3R]

A man of culture.

[@ruben3860]

Wow, the animations in this video are really nice and engaging! The script is very informative, and the topic is fascinating, but everyone who helped put together the visuals really did a stellar job! 🦋

[@nspotmedia]

Wonder if it like hurts i mean it gets disolved

[@jackiechanlan43]

That’s scary to think about

[@chemieju6305]

Making this process hurtfull would not be an evolutionary advantage, so i'd guess not... lets hope for our flappy friends that im right.

[@itarfer]

@@chemieju6305 I mean periods hurt. Birth hurts. There are a lot of things in nature that don't really have any evolutionary advantage from hurting but do anyway.

[@chemieju6305]

@@itarfer fair point, eventhough this is not nearly as bad for other animals. And with birth evolution at least rewards you with endorphines afterwards.

[@vichardt8288]

It would hurt yea but they don't feel pain so they just go evolve without a care

[@brandonproductions8401]

Why is this the only video I’ve found on this?

[@HemaSharma-km9bl]

Josefie Krakowski REMOVE MY DAMN DP!

[@vaishalirandheer3048]

@@HemaSharma-km9bl lol? I guess

[@swordox98]

True...

[@andysux1]

Yeah ive been looking everywhere too

[@MasterOfPeeing]

Dude the technology for us to know this just started

[@diooverheaven4137]

Damn...I knew puberty was one hell of a change, but this is ridiculous!

[@foogoose1439]

You were a head before stealing your adoptive brother's body.

[@diooverheaven4137]

@@foogoose1439 I wasn't talking about my puberty.

[@soda3185]

Lord Dio, when is Part 6 coming out? I need to attain H E A V E N.

[@diooverheaven4137]

@@soda3185 It is said to premiere on April 3, 2020.

[@borgar226]

Why the heck there are 2 dio

[@CavemanBearPig]

I imagine the first caterpillar to become a butterfly was like, “YOOO!” When it realized it had wings now.

[@claritashiraishi1329]

The caterpillars would be proud.

[@kelkelb9240]

If they made all videos like this for learning I think a lot more people would pay attention. I loved this. Very interesting!! I had a butterfly come lay eggs on my first milkweed plant and now I have11 chrysalis hanging and transforming as I write this. The first caterpillar went a day early. Then 9 all went at the same time and then you had this huge giant one that was just still hungry. He literally ate his little heart out. He said. This milkweed is alllll mine. He finally went up and did his thing like a day later. I’m so excited to let 11 little monarch butterflies into the world.

[@Emotionally_Mature]

That is so beautiful! 🥰🦋❤

[@jimothyasteward1829]

They remember the pain they endured to become what they are.

[@thatguy2377]

Maybe they don't feel pain when lossing your temporary teeth and your tissues are being dissolved and reabsorbed when that happens

[@ELbabotas1]

There is a arthopod that evolved pain, can't remember the name tho

[@ManWithTheCow]

Redby You're obviously NOT a big owner.

[@hxppythxughts8531]

@Redby then why would it avoid those odors then

[@SocramOlrak]

@Redby Even plants can feel pain, or even bacteria if we water down the meaning of pain as "avoidance of a damaging stimulus". Plants do have a nervous system analog that evolved independently. Insects, have analog structures similar to brains and several scientific studies also demonstrate they can feel actual pain. But something I have to correct about what people are saying... possibly the reason the moth can remember to avoid a stimulus when it was a larva is not memory, but epigenetics. With epigenetics baby mice avoid smells that the mother was subjected to when it was associated with pain (electric shocks).

[@annam9536]

People: Butterflies are so beautiful Caterpillar: WHAT AM I A ROACH???!!!

[@carolinacute]

Butterflies are ugly if they didn't have wings tho

[@applerapple3446]

K

[@blackpinkinyourarea3947]

Me: no ur a narwhal

[@skootergirl22]

Yea people hate them because they eat crops

[@blackpinkinyourarea3947]

Georgie A but it’s their survival, it’s not their fault they’re like that

[@Ashdown-ub2gy]

"What would you do with power to fly,..?" . Me : *EXCITED* . "How about shredding your skin, and disolving your muscles ? " . . Me : *losess all hopes*

[@catherinespark]

I'd be interested to know if their 'memories' of caterpillar-life are more like established schemas, or more like true memory-based training associations. A dog will cycle through a variety of learned training behaviours with the specific intent to please its owner and get cuddles and treats. This is different from Pavlov's dogs salivating when they hear a bell being rung, or a person having a lingering phobia of clowns because of someone peering into their cot while wearing a clown mask, when they were nine months old, even though all three are associations of a sort. If a goldfish can learn to drive a vehicle to accomplish a specific objective in the name of getting a treat (this has been done!), surely a caterpillar/butterfly can be studied using a similar principle to find out the answer to this! I mean, a caterpillar and a butterfly can both crawl. I'd imagine such a conserved memory function might be useful for distinguishing and avoiding certain high-risk predator or poison situations.

[@dstinnettmusic]

They did that. An electric shock is not something a caterpillar is likely to experience in nature. The butterflies seemed to remember a stimulus response from a caterpillar.

[@DragoEpyon]

@@dstinnettmusic Wonder how much money was wasted to add that little useless tidbit to the bank of 'human knowledge'

[@SpeedKing..]

​@@DragoEpyon less than the money your parents wasted on you in the maternity ward

[@Khn_2102]

​@@SpeedKing.. Stop! He's already dead!

[@EskChan19]

@@DragoEpyon Good to know that you decide what's useless and what isn't.

[@Enneamorph]

A video that’s just all content It also got the “chrysalis =/= cocoon” thing squared away immediately It taught me something new, too Have a like.

[@SCWood]

I wonder if caterpillars know what's going on or if they're just as confused as we are.

[@unsaidrumble1790]

Just an over top puberty phase

[@nyct0phile]

i read somewhere that they remember EVERYTHING. there were caterpillars who were exposed to a certain smell and then shocked until they learned to associate the smell with freaking out. then after they were butterflies, they were exposed to the smell, without shock, and they still freaked out. really fascinating stuff how theyre able to maintain consciousness in the midst of their soupy, rearranging selves. idk how true this actually is cuz it was just a random post though

[@lolmanyeah1]

@@nyct0phile you stupid? That was talked about IN THE VIDEO WE ALL WATCHED AND POSTED ON.

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

@@nyct0phile they don’t remember everything but the certainly can remember. When they dissolve themselves only a few physical parts of them remain like the brain/leg areas and some organs and then it magically forms into another creature.

[@josh4497]

@@nyct0phile this study was literally mentioned the end of the video

[@edi9892]

Just imagine that you could dissolve to repair your body and become young again...

[@yutongng4396]

了嘛的✋手气势能让他 吃了没人理发出门槛

[@yutongng4396]

人口日东西哦我伟大的客人吃肉哦多成为俄哦哦台湾乘客回去2却可巧虎2求2为v关系3苏u的辉煌v恶千年的心情还是保温杯

[@yutongng4396]

而今我发1评 胃口了2420拉着老子1

[@aldrichgalicia5055]

@@yutongng4396 excuse me but, who asked

[@Emma_art_studio]

'The caterpillar teaches us to work hard and overcome situations,and be a beautiful butterfly' Wow 😃😊🤗

[@garywait3231]

Great video! In my younger days in the country, I raised black swallowtails and monarchs through their entire developmental cycle; and based on my own observations, you are spot-on, and I appreciate your explanation of the biological process involved.

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

You've got to wonder how something like this evolved. What the intermediary steps were. How many millions of years it took. Just so fascinating.

[@swapnesh6788]

Once after bathing, I dried my entire body using a towel. Initially, I felt mild itching and burning sensation. Then, as I spread the towel over a rope, I saw a wet caterpillar without any hair. Moments later, I was in excruciating pain , my body swelled and developed rashes. Today, when I think about it , I see the funny side of it.

[@tyler94302]

jesus christ wtf

[@swapnesh6788]

@@marxgalacticambition7023 I have moringa trees (drumstick trees) in my backyard. In one particular season , a cluster of caterpillars gather (i don't know where they come from) and hang onto the shady side of its trunk. A branch of the tree extended to the balcony where I sun dry my wet clothes. One adventurous caterpillar might have sought out to explore the world and reached my towel. My neighbours usually kill the caterpillars whilst they are on tree in clusters by spraying shampoo-water solution on them but for some reason instead of killing them I wait for them to hatch into butterflies. When a large number of butterflies fly in the garden , it does look beautiful. I think it's worth saving caterpillars.

[@swapnesh6788]

@@marxgalacticambition7023 'shaving' - haha Now I double check all my clothes and towels in that season.

[@joseamarillas7149]

Still horrified from SpongeBob not sorry

[@thegreatgoblin1871]

The bug from spongebob was a horsefly or something similar. Wasn't a butterfly

[@molotovcockvore]

same

[@tyisinfinite]

I hated that scene when i was little

[@tacticalfall4505]

I’m gonna keep this at 69 likes

[@Marixchatt]

It was literally a monarch butterfly not a horsefly

[@lordfriar8736]

Back in Kindergarten, we had this kit that had us see the caterpillar transform into a chrysalis in this gigantic tank with sugar water sponges, sticks and leaves, and then transform into a monarch butterfly. It flew around the tank for the rest of the school year until it died. Fascinating experience truly.

[@lineakristensen1821]

It's truly astonishing! The last part was mind baffling. I'd love to know more, like how on earth they store this information in a protein soup! If anyone has a link to more information on this, I'd appreciate it.

[@Pepperoni290]

The video says not all of it turns to soup

[@ummesulaim5949]

In my opinion the genetic material remains intact right? Like even when the major organs and cells dissolved, the remanants were still there, also it might have to do with imaginal disc?

[@Pepperoni290]

@@ummesulaim5949 You don't have to presuppose that the body part that stores memory turns to soup. Occam's razor.

[@granadosvm]

Thanks for posting this video. I always wondered how this process works. When I was a kid in school I was told they hang, have a metamorphosis and emerge as butterflies, but I could not imagine how the multiple legs of a caterpillar become six longer butterfly legs, of how their wings grow.

[@pen_l]

They really make stuff creepy

[@tonkabear2369]

Disappointed. I thought they were going to show the process happening inside and out.

[@danianterzic9890]

I’d say they showed a good amount of what happens conceptually. It’s kinda hard to take footage of a metamorphosis.

[@Christian-rn1ur]

If you search around KZbin videos, you can see it. This video is wrong and is making assumptions based on information that has recently been debunked.

[@danianterzic9890]

@@Christian-rn1ur I checked and haven't seen any videos showing the internal metamorphosis in real time yet. And if you're talking about the memory retention of butterflies being debunked, there hasn't been any scholarly articles that have disproved it. I am not sure where you are getting the idea that the video is wrong.

[@Espeon804]

It reached level 7. It reached level 10. ... It learned Confusion.

[@imthirun]

Finally! it took me so long to find a video where they actually explain what happens inside the chrysalis before butterfly hatches out.

[@aaronjohnson2215]

There is nothing more alien than this on Earth! How nature even came up wit this solution? Amazing.

[@EskChan19]

Lot's and lot's of trial and error basically. Mutation being the trial and Natural Selection being the Erroring part.

[@marieline4267]

do the butterflies remember their lives as a caterpillar

[@marieline4267]

ok nvm i watched the rest of the video:’))

[@ToastyStuff]

Movies: *They shed their wings and fly beautifully* Real life: *They get out, shed their wings, fly. *And have a 50.98% chance of getting snatched and eaten by a bird*

[@FrappuccinoAlfredo]

Makes you think what the intermediate stage of the evolution of moths and butterflies were like, like at what point did certain bugs start to harden in order to rearrange their insides and finally develop wings

[@whome9842]

I would guess it is the other way around. There are many insects who are born as miniature adults, then there are insects who a born in a different version but still similar to adults (for example with no wings or no functional wings and develop them over multiple molts). And we even have insects like dragonflies who have an aquatic nymph stage and molts into a flying insect. Insects with complete metamorphosis like the fly, ants, and butterflies probably a specialized version of insects with a less drastic change like the dragonfly. They take advantage of having two different lifestyles so the adults don't compete with the young for resources and have the caterpillar as a specialized "eating machine" and the butterfly a specialized "breeding machine"

[@davidmatthews9088]

Evolution is amazing. So many questions but not an answer that makes sense.

[@EskChan19]

@@davidmatthews9088 Who says that? Us laymen don't have the anser, that doesn't mean the experts don't. If you look for articles and papers on it, you get quite a few that talk about how metamorphosis came to be. So while we probably don't know everything about it yet, it seems we have quite a few answers already.

[@stevensavoie856]

​@@EskChan19 now we're confusing AN answer with THE answer. Humans are very creative and so are a lot of our theories of how things like this came to be.

[@Damnchaosemerald_e.e]

Im 24 and ive known this for years but for some reason today it hit me how crazy and miraculously this is. An ugly little worm creature curls up and returns being completly unrecognizable and 100x more gorgeous. It alredy knows how to fly, it knows what to do and it does it. Im less interested in the process because thats the caterpillar burden, however the fact that a bunch of cells get together to form this process and life miraculously just happens (in a very unique and rebirthy way) is mind blowing. Im usually against sounding so over the top but for some reason today this blew my mind

[@marcocoelho4258]

"Tumbling, burning with white-hot fire. I plunged into the depths of the abyss. Unspeakable pain, relentless agony, time ceased to exist. Only this torture...and a deepening hatred of the hypocrisy that damned me to this hell! An eternity passed, and my torment receded, bringing me back from the precipice of madness. The descent had destroyed me, and yet I lived. "

[@adeoyetemitope1670]

Super fantastic write!

[@cloroxmilkshake1150]

"Makes you wonder what else can they recall from their younger days." Their caterpillar brothers and sisters getting squished by some kid

[@anintellectual1637]

Eat, sleep, rep- Catepillars: RELEASE A FLUID TO DISSOLVE MY WHOLE BODY INSIDE MY CACOON TO TURN INTO A BUTTERFLY

[@LokiToxtrocity]

Eat, sleep, and then reproduce.

[@Kennychan222]

This is how some Pokemon evolve too! Especially Butterfree!

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

No universe is safe from the pain

[@maxf.o1960]

CringeFire9 of The Cameron Council* r/wooosh

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

I was adding to the joke with a cursed comment, so you’re the one being wooooshed. Your mistake is now immortalized.

[@maxf.o1960]

CringeFire9 of The Cameron Council* oh shit

[@MH-ms1dg]

Great video! Some major implications of butterfly memory are a) adding to our knowledge of invertebrate memory as a whole, and b) finding out how butterflies keep to their specific host plants to lay eggs on one generation after another without any teaching

[@caitlinkeating8177]

We just recently got a caterpillar kit for my 6 year old daughter, so we are researching a lot. This video was very informative! We are currently on day 9 and our caterpillars are MUCH bigger then they were 9 days ago and have slowed down a lot. But, they are still on the bottom of the container. Waiting to wake up to them all upside down!

[@KeeperOfThe10]

It's so much fun and amazing that all kids should experience it.

[@DavePryor302]

How did everything turn out if you don’t mind me asking??

[@sashaashby]

@@DavePryor302 my very limited experience raising caterpillars this summer is that there is fail rate that can be heartbreaking, but the very first butterfly we got was miraculous, so dang exciting! lol..can’t wait to do it again next year

[@surabhi_kumari]

What's inside a caterpillar cocoon ? *An octopus*

[@ShubhamSharma-vb9kw]

No

[@eliletts1680]

Wow!!! I didn't know that the chrystilis was actually part of the caterpillar's own body!!! That is pretty AMAZING!!! 😃

[@andrewmobley8003]

Really just one of those things in nature that will always amaze me. It’s so oddly fascinating in every way.

[@theworthysoul]

*To differentiate:* _Cocoon:_ silk coating around a relatively soft pupa of a moth and some other insects. _Chrysalis:_ hardened pupa of a butterfly and rarely some moth types, lacks a silk cocoon. _Pupa:_ any insect’s stage that comes after a larva and is mostly inactive, does not feed. Not all insects have a pupal stage, as true bugs lack them.

[@ongyiyi2401]

2:41 "That's All Thier Reddish Liquid Spill" Are you sure that's not blood 🤔 ???

[@tkjk0481]

Bugs don’t have blood, instead they have thus weird blue-green stuff called Ichor.

[@jl-fy3zj]

"Ooohh, I'm your brother, I'm your brother oooh, I'm your brother" (Just an inside joke, I'm not crazy, just a little drunk.)

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

I get it. Mario larvae Bros. And I don’t regret it

[@jl-fy3zj]

@@mynameismmandimheretosay7979LumpyTouch 4 life, yo!

[@xabransroc2224]

put him back in, he's undercooked

[@callmememedudeduh7554]

I guess u seen the video before this same

[@ingemar_von_zweigbergk]

0:05 it just feels like a trillion nanowires piercing you and frenetically eating you alive. except for the pure horror, it's quite ok.

[@lansiman]

caterpillar: I've not even reach my final form yet

[@fdavidmiller2]

Last year I was lucky enough to actually watch a monarch butterfly emerge from its chrysalis in my tomato garden. A rare opportunity.

[@ameeraalmehairi]

3:29 I didn’t even know they lose memory 😂😂

[@igorgerlovin3185]

Amazing video ... I've been raising these since I was 10 years old, and always wondered how the process occurs. I remained a fan ever since. Also, the learning memory the video mentioned is absolutely amazing!

[@daisycate]

Right?!?! They are miraculous. We help Monarchs and I am very excited to see that they do retain memories as a caterpillar!

[@BaranLordofLight]

Caterpillar : Transforms into Moth* Moth: this isn't even my final form.

[@alphawolfgamerarchived3973]

They always turn into turtles

[@a-s-greig]

Crabs, you mean.

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

I feel like this will give me nightmares, but I'm going to watch it anyway

[@alphawolfgamerarchived3973]

Main topic: What's inside a caterpillar cocoon? How all the other kids I share classes with would respond: a turtle

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

It's cool that caterpillars thought to do this: melt themselves, then reform as flying insects. Super smart--genius!

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

@@NOBODY-fz3imagree, just making people think

[@EskChan19]

They didn't "think" to do that. It's a passive process they have no say in.

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

@@EskChan19 It's sarcasm--with a point. There's no evolutionary explanation for this. Creatures just don't melt and reform into something totally different. How would they survive the millions of years of the intermediary processes where this "adaptation" didn't work? I know, you just blindly accept it as true and won't think about the implications of this question and will just say, "Darwindidit."

[@yaoisbian]

caterpillars are the only true gamers since they can respawn

[@pinknyellox3]

Nanii HAHAHA

[@RichterBelmont2235]

Only once.

[@Insect_Expert1489]

Nanii (Kabutomushi) "Ah yes but you can find me as aduit in Mushiking the Video Game." "And life in my universe is real it's in Japan but you have to find me in the wild first haha!!"

[@kekrii]

I'm not the only who was generally interested in these and *wasn't* forced to watch this by a teacher?

[@tkjk0481]

This is a year late, but no, you aren’t. I find it fascinating. 😊

[@sapphiresupernova]

Nope, I used to be completely obsessed with butterflies as a kid and every now and then I like to indulge that obsession. 😎

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Peter Pan gives us the power to fly, you can fly!

[@huiyingtanyayap]

I just “gave birth” to my first butterfly ! I feel so happy . When they turn to cocoon , the juice they release smells really good and they dropped their head ! I learned so much . I want to rescue butterfly for the rest of my life !

[@derva1019]

Short, informative, and to the point. I like it.

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

So it semi liquifies itself and puts itself back together into a new form, neat.

[@gtamediaproductions1]

This is beyond incredible people the stages that they go through! Wow! Almost like a thing of science fiction.

[@JosiahFickinger]

Or something from God's creativity.

[@tommytom2551]

Look guys Metapod is evolving.... is A BUTTERFREE!!!

[@jannmikoingelrabagogamingc6012]

This explains so much what I am trying to figure out what actually happens during caterpillar's metamorphosis, really!

[@being_blessed]

When you are spiritual and butterfly is your spirit animal and you literally experienced ego death before radical transformation 🌻☁️🦋

[@Sowhatsupbroski]

*i don’t know why this was in my recommended, but I’m not complaining.*

[@wolskyhubert4718]

First dont know what to say but I clicked fast

[@jackiechanlan43]

I know what you can say

[@bobzombie2710]

Dam, not fast enough 😔. Next time kiddo.

[@GGDGIG209]

Every aspect of the halo reach statue of the halo reach statue of the halo reach statue of the halo reach statue of liberty and justice for all the time. I bet you don't know what this means.

[@thiagopereirasouza771]

Imagine how a human crisalis metamorphosis would be like

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

the massive meaty sack hefts and shifts, pulsing and oozing as the large keratinous disk on its upper half begins to split a seam forms at the crux of the bag, and the whole thing rips, with feces and urine spilling out, and several months of after birth. the human infant skinsuit attacked to the base of the bag on teh ceiling slips off, years discarded, and out of the mess of skin, nails and fluid, Danny DeVito steps upwards, stumbles a few steps, and begins doing cardio, completely naked, in order to repair months of atrophy. the trash man rises, and he's here to stay

[@eisviech9984]

@@aidanmatthewgalea7761 best comment ever

[@EnglishVirgo]

I have a chrysalis right now & often sit here in awe of the knowledge that this little thing has so much happening inside. It should emerge soon. I had one last year that was a silver y moth.

[@yutongng4396]

My first question was I have been thinking 🤔and you are doing the best 👌💓?

[@EnglishVirgo]

@@yutongng4396 Thank you. It emerged healthy and strong and I released when it was all dry and ready to go. But I have no idea what type of moth it was.

[@Mackulkov]

Of course they remember, Mothra always knows Godzilla is its friend.

[@erwinbautista9401]

Who else expected a time-lapse “X-ray” footage of the insides of the “cocoon” during its entire course?

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

Such a video exists if you look for it.

[@lillyevergreen5868]

Thank you you've answered a question I've had since I was a child

[@Hm-br1xg]

Imagine that everytime they they do this and they mess up and they're like "Aw man I messed up now I can only taste from my feet"

[@sapphiresupernova]

I mean, they do actually taste from their feet, so I guess the mistake stuck

[@Anthony-kc4jo]

Seeing two cute butterflies flying innocently and joyfully around each other, chasing each other is the cutest and purest thing in this world

[@flashaxl]

I once accidentally peed on a caterpillar. Does this mean, as a butterfly, he remembered being showered in pee and the smell? Poor thing traumatized into adulthood

[@karenbonds264]

"What would you do for the power to fly? How about shedding your skin and dissolving your own muscles?" Me: *Chuckles in Animorphs*

[@billythemillipede6102]

Congratulation your caterpie evolved into a metapod

[@Kennychan222]

And then Butterfree for its 2nd evolution!

[@jasonm5797]

Because knowledge is power

[@datguy1569]

Crazy how one minute you're walking slow then the next you're flying through the air swerving.

[@SuzyTopAgent]

We are raising monarchs for release and we have 3 that just formed a chrysalis. We are super excited to see the transformation, thank you for sharing this informative video.

[@tanya68]

Butterfly: “I’ve been reborn”

[@jearmendez8625]

But will die in a week

[@skhafijurrahaman9204]

@@jearmendez8625 months.

[@hyuul2156]

How to become beautiful (joke) (catterpilar version) 1.born being ugly 2.get a hard life 3.make your self a mango rock 4.get out of it 5.AND BAM YOUR BEAUTIFUL NOW

[@Mucdaba]

i wonder if they see/feel what happens when they go "liquid"

[@samandersen8633]

I used to help 'raise' birdwing caterpillars in Cairns Australia. I worked at a resprt as the only Gardner for 3+ yrs. Learnt about the Bird wing through research, i planted a bunch of Dutchman pipe vines, and watched the adult butterflies come. I watched them lay a lot of eggs, watched all the different stages of the caterpillars, from egg to chrysalis. I realised a lot of the caterpillers would bit the vines i had growing straight in half, killing the entire vine. I started very gently moving a select few to new vines and wathed (and documented with hundreds of photos) their growth until they went through metamorphosis. I know it sounds crazy 😅, i did that for 3 yrs, and i swear the adults i raised used to fly up and get right in my face like they remembered me. As if giving me kisses. It was the most amazing feeling

[@wainwright5522]

Thats not a chrysalis, thats a metapod 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Kennychan222]

real life metapod!

[@DakotaofRaptors]

I caught a butterfree in the yard yesterday but it's still fainted D:

[@TCG9777]

Why is it "cocoon?" why not call it what it is: a chrysalis?

[@dvw.]

don't be a selfish, not everyone take a biology class. This video for general audience, that's why they'd quoted the word cocoon and later on video they explained it.

[@meereenmeereen174]

Dino Diary to be fair though I learnt it primary school it’s a simple fact not something you need to go to any specific class to learn.

[@robologo]

That is insane. I'd assumed it was simple.

[@w.o.l.f.e.]

I thought they were gonna show camera feed from inside a cocoon

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The power to fly, I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky

[@kataisa3]

Just another one of God’s beautiful and miraculous Earth creatures.

[@junodonatus4906]

Nope. All gods are human creations. The Biblical god teaches how to own other people as slaves. That's not respect for life.

[@Azetaris]

@@junodonatus4906 "all gods are human creations" - looks like someone was sitting besides ancient people, thousands years ago when they were making up those gods, right?. Atleast in previous person case, it can be called "belief" and cannot be countered with anything because as the word suggests - it is based on belief. You on the other hand do not belive, so you do pretty much what is called "talking sh.....".

[@junodonatus4906]

@@Azetaris It is a known fact that human beings create gods because there are thousands of them and they permeate all human cultures. What most people don't know that this is actually explained by biological mechanism that causes us to animate the natural world.

[@junodonatus4906]

@@Azetaris And I can prove that your god shares the exact priorities and moral flaws of the people who created him. 😁

[@junodonatus4906]

@@Azetaris Looks like someone was sitting there, beside the bed, thousands of years ago when a ghost impregnated a virgin who eventually gave birth to a magical human 🤣🤣🤣

[@captainpwuffsmom2413]

So it’s basically pokemon right?

[@Kzoxq]

You stupid 💥🧠

[@dismantledbrain5910]

I listened to this on x2 speed, and when I returned it back to normal it was insane how slow he actually speaks.

[@dudebro755]

this is just intelligent design, no way all of this complexity happened by chance

[@abel3557]

Maybe take a college course of biology to see how these are just emergent properties.

[@Cheetahprint85]

Oooooooooooh, so that’s what’s inside a cocoon.