conartistpanda 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.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

He also did an experiment where he subjected butterflies to an unpleasant smell so they learned to avoid it. Not only did the butterflies avoid it but their offspring avoided it too. And those butterflies offspring, down several generations.

It's really groundbreaking science. Is it inherited memory? I don't think science has an explanation for how it could be possible.

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[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The "also" is unnecessary, that's the experiment he did.

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It's not mentioned in the post. He didn't plan it as part of his original experiment. After his experiment was a success he noticed that his family all had migraines. He decided to try to test if memories could be inherited. It was a separate test the following year with new caterpillars.

Edit: typo

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[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What was the original experiment again?

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

Testing weather caterpillars retain memory when they metamorphicize into butterflies

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[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago

Oh, its in the title... My mind automatically translated it to the second experiment cause thats the most interesting one. Why would the post not mention it?