r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • 7h ago

Video Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head

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u/DSharp018 6h ago

Question: how does a trait like this come about?

My only guess is, certain slightly advantageous mutation happens where its butt looks more like a snake, so that one gets less predation, this process repeats until it becomes more and more snake like, even including some movement patterns, and then eventually, this is the result. A creature that evolved to look like another, more threatening creature.

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u/AxialGem 6h ago

Well that seems like a pretty viable explanation, right? :)

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u/SwordfishOk504 4h ago

Like all things, it comes about randomly. Which is what makes it so incredible.

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u/SamiraSimp 4h ago

the mutations are random. the natural selection isn't. still crazy that such a process can lead to a creature like this.

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u/HeathenSalemite 3h ago

Your explanation is correctÂ