This is fascinating. How come tiny creatures like this caterpillar that cannot possibly have problem-solving abilities developed such skills? Did God tell them to do that? 
This lil being its house on its back and variety is incredible
The meticulously crafted house-camouflage of a caterpillar looks very interesting.
A moth caterpillar (also known as bagworm caterpillars) in the family Psychidae combines camouflage and shelter-building to avoid extinction in one of the most vibrant and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. It has developed a behavioral strategy that covers two important foundations in order to protect itself from creatures such as birds and lizards. These designs; they do it by collecting, resizing, covering themselves with forest debris, designing a costume that is lifeless, invisible, and inedible at the same time.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Clickbait. That picture can be best described as a catfish, not a bagworm.
APaleBlueDot
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Aug 9, 2021
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Aaron70
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Aug 8, 2021
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And no god didn’t tell me to do it either!! 
@Buck Was it the beer that told you to do that? I hear it does things like that.
I’m able to act like a nut without the alcohol, thank you very little! 
@Buck Nothing says sober like replying to yourself a bunch of times. 
@JeffMurray Actually I was replying to Budgie, all three times! Now move along with your stupid comments dumb ass....
Oh well, this Is an interesting pic & info, I guess I will ignore the silly "God" part
AnneWimsey
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Aug 8, 2021
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Ryo1:
I was being sarcastic.
Lots of animals - insects in particular - have lots of behaviors programmed within them. Spiders construct some very intricate webs without any instruction. Spiders hatch and immediately leave for their own spot to spin a web. Other insects are buried to hatch with a meal to sustain them until they emerge in their adult forms to repeat the process of burying their eggs with a captive bug to serve as their offspring's meal. No previous generation taught them, it was just instrinct.
RussRAB
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Aug 8, 2021
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Ryo1:
Some animals can even see ultraviolet light, which allows them to see important things humans can’t. Fascinating, eh?
I just watched My Octopus Teacher, and was wondering if you gave him something like a jar or can if he'd carry it around so he could quickly hide inside of it if sharks showed up.
ChestRockfield
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Aug 8, 2021
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Great octopi with suits of armour. I watched that movie and the ending had me hating that man. He could have held him or protected him, I get so angry at him.
@Budgie Eh, I go back and forth, love for a pseudo-pet vs documentarian integrity. If I were there though, I probably would have protected her when the shark bit off her arm, but not when I knew she was dying. But for sure would have given her a jar or something to see if she'd use it.
Also, how f-ing bad do you want to play with baby octopuses?!
If you haven't YouTubed Mimic Octopus, do that right now. Coolest fucking thing ever.
@JeffMurray See for me when she was dying was the crucial time to be there for a person. I sat with my father at my mother's bedside while she died, we talked to her and held her hand. My father asked me if I would do the same for him and without hesitation I said yes and I did I stayed awake all night listening to Andre bloody Reiu (his favourite) and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo I talked to him (my brother was there as well) and we were there the moment he died.
Yes it was just an octopus and yes that is how their lives end but the octopus had formed a bond with him and holding it as it died is the very least he could have done. The seal can have the body when the octo has passed.
As for the shark I think I would have smacked it on the head. There is a reason I am a vegetarian.
@Budgie I'm unsure if the dying process is long or painful. Maybe he couldn't stay down that long without a tank. Maybe getting eaten would reduce total overall suffering. Maybe if I knew anything about octopuses other than 'those things are cool AF' I'd have a better idea of how I'd react. So honestly, I don't know how I'd actually react if I were knowledgeable and skilled enough to be in that situation, but those were my guesses.
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