KingOfNoobs 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 6 days ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] KingOfNoobs@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 child)

You should look up what happens during metamorphosis. Their whole body turns to liquid in the cacoon and then they reform as a butterfly. So where would the memories be stored?

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Not really. Elementary school mislead you.

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