pelespirit comments on A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage.

A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage. (europe.pub)

submitted 12 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's that they become ooze at one stage part.

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[–] saimen@feddit.org 1 point 6 minutes ago

Okay thats crazyyy

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[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Eh yeah, they basically become lifeform soup at some point, so I also would not have guessed they can retain memories. But apparently the soup remembers.

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