SnorriSturluson 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. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] SnorriSturluson@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

I'm actually flabbergasted that insects (Or whatever butterflies are) having some kind of memory over a longer time span in the first place ..... So much for how much I know about animals....

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