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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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When was this? Thought that got proven years ago.
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Summary: He took larvae (caterpillars), split them into two groups, and offered them sugar water and sugar water with lavender scent in it. The ones feeding on the lavender scent were then given a mild electric shock that make them vomit so they associated it with something bad. Then in their adult phase he offered the same two choices and the plain sugar water group went 50-50 to the choices whereas the shocked/lavender group went to the plain sugar water 80% of the time.
While looking into it I found references to studies on this dating back to at least 2008, studies on larval neural changes and fruit fly studies. They studied memory retention in moths also.
I never stop loving science and the scientific method. One of the last things that always makes me happy.
We knew this though. Still ..never a bad idea to confirm with your own findings..
The fascinating thing is the caterpillar turns into goo in the pupa and still retains memories.
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Feels like Butterflies are just self isekaiing caterpillars lol.
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No link to anything at all?
Just image? No link to any article? WTF is this? 4Chan?
Fake and gay. User blocked.
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