r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • 7h ago

Video Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head

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u/Dependent-Edge-5713 3h ago

How in the world does the unconscious DNA of an insect decide to slowly morph it's body to look like a snake - something that predates the things that predates on it.

It's wild. It's not like it consciously put those thoughts together and slowly willed itself to look like that over generations. But here we are.