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its really a weird thing that we consider butterflies and caterpillars to be the same life form
they really aren't at all, the butterfly is something different that forms inside the caterpillar. when the metamorphosis happens the caterpillar doesn't become a butterfly, it dies and a butterfly emerges
just look at how it works, the chrysalis sheds the entire body head and all
really quite a bizarre thing. there should be reconsideration for the life cycle
butterflies lay eggs containing caterpillars, but caterpillars die gestating butterflies. they are like a living womb