This took forever to type thanks Gonta :^

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Iruma: So like, do caterpillars know they're gonna be butterflies or do they just build the cocoon and be like "What the fuck am I doing?"

Gonta: Okay but no, do you understand what happens to a caterpillar when they are in the cocoon? It completely turns to goo. It dissolves and reforms as a butterfly. Even crazier, the wings of the butterfly are already inside of the caterpillar, ready to go, just waiting to float around in some goo and then be a beautiful butterfly. The craziest part? A study was done where some caterpillars were exposed to a certain smell and then were shocked and eventually they associated the smell with a shock. Its really cruel, actually. But, when they came out of their cocoons they were again exposed to the smell and the butterflies reacted super negatively. So not only is there wings floating around in that goo, but also a brain! Its the same, unaltered brain, of its previous self! The butterfly can recall its days as a caterpillar even after being turned into soup. 

Iruma: Oh god okay


((TL:DR caterpillars turn into soup with pre-developed wings and a brain with the same memories when it turns into a butterfly}}

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