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RE: Ok Guys, What is This?

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Posted by: chrish at Thu Aug 1 20:51:46 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]  
   

>>Nope! Does sorta look like a Caterpillar. Would be a great defense mechanism though...ha!
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It really is a caterpillar. You can see its eyes and maxillae on the snake's "snout" as well as its folded legs (on top of the "snake's" head.

Here's an article about them - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254257/The-caterpillars-mimic-snakes-grow-spiky-spines-eat-toxic-flowers--predators-away.html
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Chris Harrison
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