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[–] hakunawazo 46 points 2 days ago

Oh that's dark.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Some context

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't worry. "God made them this way".

[–] someguy3 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who loves all his creations.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Apparently some more than others, but the caterpillar just needs to have faith in a higher purpose.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love the part where there's a virus that some wasps carry and inject with the eggs that suppresses the host's immune response

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Jesus always finds a way

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That's the worst thing I've seen all month

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes 2 points 2 days ago

I just watched that video of the white cabbage larva with the smaller larvae exiting its body. Jeez, it's still alive after THAT? Life's rich pageant, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If that's a tomato horn worm, I'm on the wasps side...

[–] supernicepojo 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Hornworms are a delicious treat for any lizard large enough to eat them. Bearded dragons seem to love them. If you catch them and put them into a container with a food/water source anyone with a pet like that will happily pay you for them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They also make a good first pet for kids because they're cheap and die fast anyways

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The worms or the kids?

[–] Viking_Hippie 10 points 2 days ago

Yes.

[–] thejoker954 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But only a treat. Maybe theres been more science done in the past 5 years, but I remember them being basically junk food for lizards.

[–] supernicepojo 3 points 2 days ago

Sure, wax worms and hornworms have a higher fat:protein content than is “healthy” for your captive lizard. A treat is exactly that, you should not feed them only snacks everyday just like your dogs or cats or yourself!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Fuck wasps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

holy guacamole. The Lottery vibe