This edition of Useless Knowledge is really interesting, its about a caterpillar that is native to Australia known as Uraba lugens or the gum-leaf skeletoniser,.

So whats so exciting about a caterpillar? This one wears its old skulls atop its head, and it appears to be like a horn coming out of the caterpillar's head.
So how does this happen? This happens because as the caterpillar grows it becomes too big for its old skin and has to shed it, much like a snake if you've ever seen a shedded snake's skin. This caterpillar sheds its skin up to 13 times before it can weave a cocoon to become a moth (shout to the moth council). Apparently, after the caterpillar has molted for the fourth time, it starts to keep its old heads and they just get stacked up on top of itself.

So why does this caterpillar keep its old heads? The answer to that question is not quite known. It is thought that it can be used to defend itself from predatory animals or to just confuse the predator.

Source can be found here.

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lovely. this is very interesting loki! tysm

maybe it takes too much strength to shed the skin, so it just gets lazy and puts in on its head xd idk it looks cool tho

that's really cool i love animals

p.s. you should look into the superb bird-of-paradise, i think you'll like it

Chelsey wrote on 15th August 2020, 01:37 AM:

p.s. you should look into the superb bird-of-paradise, i think you'll like it

Oh damn that thing is a black hole with eyes LOL
I love it.

'wears its old skulls atop its head.....'















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