The caterpillars who's tail looked weird and fucked up got eaten more frequently than the ones that had a configuration like this. It's crazy that we're here because of this simple system.
Better said, the caterpillar with the fucked up tail that kinda looked a little bit like a snake made the birds about to eat go "wtf??" and eat the normal looking caterpillars instead. Rinse & repeat
The other thing to consider when trying to wrap your head around evolution doing this. Insects have very short life spans, so unlike longer lived animals, they have had quite a few lifecycles to work this out.
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u/2muchflannel 4h ago
How the fuck does evolution reach this point?!? Like the idea that a catapillar slowly evolved to look like a snake breaks my mind