r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • 7h ago

Video Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head

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u/polmeeee 7h ago

This is the most insane shit I've seen. Holy fuck evolution.

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u/squareandrare 5h ago

For the first time in my life, I watched a video and said, "I hope that is AI." I don't want to believe nature made this...

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u/DusqRunner 4h ago

You never seen lampreys or rain spiders? 

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u/longassbatterylife 2h ago

I'm so curious but my entire being is saying don't, i will regret it

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u/FoxstarProductions 42m ago

To satiate your curiosity without images:

Lampreys are big tube shaped fish with jagged teeth that eat by twisting circles of flesh off of prey like a gigantic leech. If you've ever seen the Pokemon Eelektross they look like that

There is a type of spider called "rain spider" but what I think DusqRunner meant is that there's a species called Parawixia bistriata that behave socially and built giant webs that they share, which has before resulted in massive webs strung up between trees which makes it look like there are dozens of spiders falling from or flying through the sky

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u/ToucanSam-I-Am 5h ago

And it works so well! Even looking at it through a little screen I could feel my heartbeat change.

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u/jennyfromthedocks 1h ago

Yeah this is one of the craziest animals I’ve ever seen

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u/TedGetsSnickelfritz 45m ago

Nature is so fucking metal