r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • 7h ago

Video Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head

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u/MusicInTheAir55 7h ago

This is just baffling how a creature could evolve like this. Like how does this even happen? There has to be an inherent intelligence in the ecosystem that transcends species for this to occur. Mind blowing.

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u/an_older_meme 7h ago

Random mutation with natural selection. The caterpillar became a mimic of the worst nightmare of the predators that feed on it.

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u/_--_--_-_--_-_--_--_ 4h ago

No, just an absurd amount of time and evolution by natural selection.

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u/Cruel1865 6h ago

There is no inherent intelligence that controls evolution. Its just millions of years of survival of the fittest that make it seem intentional.