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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Some caterpillars are cool and spiky or poisonous or venomous maybe?

[-] dumples@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Most caterpillars are mildly poisonous since they only eat a single type of plant so they are immune to the plants poisonous effect. That gets into their fleshy hotdog body. Unfortunately most birds are also mostly immune.

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

there are definitely some ninja-inspired caterpillars out there

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Due to Newtons 46th law of awesomeness, Ninjas are still cooler than spikes, but still are pretty dang cool.

this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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