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[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 85 points 4 months ago

Some context

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

Jesus fuck

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 4 months ago

Don't worry. "God made them this way".

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Who loves all his creations.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 4 months ago

Apparently some more than others, but the caterpillar just needs to have faith in a higher purpose.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Darwin disagrees.

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

For context for everyone else: https://web.archive.org/web/20200405172817/http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2001/PSCF9-01Miles.html

Parasitic wasps that ate caterpillars from the inside out were one of the main reasons for Darwin to become increasingly skeptical of religion.

[-] dwemthy@lemdro.id 12 points 4 months ago

I love the part where there's a virus that some wasps carry and inject with the eggs that suppresses the host's immune response

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago

Jesus always finds a way

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

That's the worst thing I've seen all month

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I just watched that video of the white cabbage larva with the smaller larvae exiting its body. Jeez, it's still alive after THAT? Life's rich pageant, I guess.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

Oh that's dark.

[-] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 4 months ago

If that's a tomato horn worm, I'm on the wasps side...

[-] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

Hornworms are a delicious treat for any lizard large enough to eat them. Bearded dragons seem to love them. If you catch them and put them into a container with a food/water source anyone with a pet like that will happily pay you for them.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago

They also make a good first pet for kids because they're cheap and die fast anyways

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago

The worms or the kids?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Yes.

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

But only a treat. Maybe theres been more science done in the past 5 years, but I remember them being basically junk food for lizards.

[-] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Sure, wax worms and hornworms have a higher fat:protein content than is “healthy” for your captive lizard. A treat is exactly that, you should not feed them only snacks everyday just like your dogs or cats or yourself!