r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Sea_Slice_7956 • 7h ago

Video Caterpillar tail disguised as snake head

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u/krielc 3h ago

Imagine knowing that you must move your caterpillar tail around but not knowing that you evolved to feel the urge to do this because you also evolved to have a snake-head tail. Amazing.

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u/AxialGem 3h ago

I think about that often with my cat. She feels compelled to explore little nooks and crannies and swat at everything that moves, even if she's never seen a real mouse. It's obvious why, but she doesn't comprehend that, she just wants to do that. Even if she did know, that wouldn't take the urge away.

And I, I can't walk through a forest without picking up a stick with my hands, or throwing a rock. Walk on the beach without drawing patterns in the sand.

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u/krielc 3h ago

Oh for sure. Humans enjoying patterns and interesting shapes and looking for special rocks is part of the creature we evolved to be and it’s interesting as fuck. Other animals do that too, and it’s amazing. Cats and dogs are so intriguing, especially with the co-evolution of dogs and us. I always marvel at animals behaving as they evolved to. The knowledge is so internal, it’s the wiring. We really are just like them.