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Hemeroplanes triptolemus. The caterpillar that transforms into a snake.
Dec 22, 2025 7:24 PM
SomebodythatIusedtonope
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Hemeroplanes triptolemus. The caterpillar that transforms into a snake.
BishlamekGurpgork
Hemeroplanes triptolemus is a moth.
TallynNyntyg
It's a chibi snek
nrr4x5
It's kinda cute.
chimpo64
So the theory of evolution wants me to believe this happened by a Coincidance?
PaperinoVB
Snakey?
meskarune
Catepillar
FundamentallyFlawed
It's a capatiller!
VeloxFox
Him's head too big for him's body.
wolfspirit21
Shhhhhhhh.....
ThadisJones
Not just any snake. It's imitating the broad triangular head of a viper, which is a clear visual cue that terrifies would-be predators way more than just a generic tiny snake shape would.
GreenNinja22
BobDoleKingOfBudapest
Garter snakes are so cool. :D
levelor
levelor
karlfrack
How are videos being uploaded? I've tried every few days for weeks and they won't upload.
MemeMuseumCurator
Saaaame. I think gifs work though.
SomebodythatIusedtonope
cousteau
This looks like if AI tried to design a new species.
cousteau
(the video itself is not AI btw; I looked it up and these exist)
ExTechOp
There are a few animals like that, like the Arabian Sand Boa (Eryx jayakari)
Bytencoder
One of the most common "features" of AI generated hallucinations is total lack of context. Here, you got the actual scientific latin name of the species to research.
cousteau
Yeah no, I mean I looked it up and it's 100% legit. But the animal itself just *looks* like an AI nightmare, don't you think? (Not the video itself, just the animal)
Bytencoder
Totally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry
elvisdumbledore
I'm a snaaake. Iām a slithery little sneaky snake.
ATinyWaffle
Fun fact: It's not actually a snake. It's a sphinx moth caterpillar that inflates part of it's body to look like a snake head when threatened. So, "I'm a caterpilaarrrrrr."š
WienerFart
Smashinbananas
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aThyMnZnbm5yMGxiOTU3a2VuanYxMmdlZ3diMTdtMXgyamx3NTZwdyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/5iPZrQlj1hMZi/200w.webp
witheredspoon
Euchre
burd dun liek snek
eXoRainbow
Given the snake was hold and thrown under the feets, I feel sorry for the snake. This was not a fair fight.
PeppiriusPeppersusscrofa
It looks like a toy snake to me
eXoRainbow
Could be, but its not 100% clear.
wolfgee1966
Lokify
"Thulsa! Thulsa Benjamin Doom! Come and clean your room this instant!", (his Mom, probably).
Euchre
That scene is possibly the best in the whole film.
stonecoldstevebuschemi
Krom!
thatwoodguy
Always upvote Tulsa Doom
Lokify
Do you mean Thulsa?
thatwoodguy
Been a while since I watched that movie
ziggystardust7
It's crazy how evolutionarily speaking this isn't an intentional form of camouflage, rather it's just pure coincidence... like this species of moth survived where thousands did not in part because its fat ass happens to look like a snake, which scared its usual predators, and now we got snake butt caterpillars.
BishlamekGurpgork
Not sure I'd call successful strategies leading to more incidents of offspring a pure coincidence.
Ree81
Aliens: "It's crazy how evolutionary speaking, humans didn't intentionally form a catastrophic form of intelligence, rather it was just pure coincidence... like, they just happened to survive because apparently being a manic hoarder and killer of all just happened to work, haha. And now look at their planet."
MithridateEupator
Thats.. how all camouflage works. You think other camouflage happened because a snake intentionally tried to look like something else?
ziggystardust7
No, that's how some camouflage works, sure, but not all. Octopus, for example, actively change their colors and body shape to mimic their surroundings or other creatures... and what you're describing are snakes matching just the colors of their environments. Not practically transforming into the head of another species.
MithridateEupator
"This isn't an intentional form of camouflage, rather it's just pure coincidence..." Evolution is not "a coincidence" These survived because they had a mutation that changed their pattern in a way that worked to evade predators. The same exact way every other animal evolved camouflage.
ziggystardust7
yes... survival of the fittest, i know. i didn't say evolution as a whole is a coincidence though, did i? nor did I say all forms camouflage are intentional. you're doing nothing but putting words in my mouth and arguing points i never made. i'm clearly talking about THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE about this specific bug and it's still a coincidence that it happen to mutate into the likeness of a snake and that's what lead to it's survival.
ziggystardust7
of course nothing evolves/mutates camouflage intentionally, i never said they did, that isn't what i said, but different types of camouflage in the animal kingdom can be USED WITH INTENTION, like a chameleon changing its color to its surroundings. my point was that this caterpillar isn't TRYING to look like a snake, it just coincidentally does look like one. nothing i said was wrong, you're just misinterpreting my meaning and making a semantics argument at this point.