As if the “species of mass distruction” frogs weren’t bad enough, now Hawaii has Flesh-Eating Caterpillars
These are the first caterpillars known to eat snails or mollusks of any kind, an evolutionary adaptation likely enabled by the island chain’s isolation. The insects are also the first caterpillars known to use silk to ensnare prey in a spiderlike fashion.
That’s good stuff. Badass caterpillars rule!
And it’s not like we have any endangered snails in Hawaii or anything. What? We do? The only ones in the world? Please ignore my first statement.
Yet another cool example of adaptive radiation of new species on the Hawaiian islands. Native caterpillars, and from what I read they eat only snails in the genus Tornatellides - none of Hawaii’s endangered snails are in that genus.
God, I love you guys!
That’s why I majored in Art History. I don’t know a genus from a genome. Zing!
i like how you say ‘genus’…
We have some HUGE centipedes with killer bites and turantula like spiders here too. They sneak into the barracks rooms and scare the piss out of you or give you a nice welt while you’re sleeping. We need a animal invasion expert to figure out what would kill all those and send over a shipment. Email me for my shipping address if anybody knows anything about this.
Evolutions isn’t real. There’s no proof that it’s happening. Everything on this planet was just as God created it, and there will never be any deviation from that blueprint of perfection. Oops…sorry, my Jacksonville, FL upbringing just spilled from my finger tips. Too many of those Creationism warning stickers, sorry kids. I’m getting better.