Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry? | Deep Look
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Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis.
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That caterpillar in your backyard is chewing through your best leaves for a good reason.
“Caterpillars have to store up incredible reserves of proteins,” said Carol Boggs, an ecologist at the University of South Carolina. “Nectar doesn’t have much protein. Most of the protein that goes to making eggs has to come from larval feeding.”
Caterpillars are the larval stage of a butterfly. Their complete transformation to pupa and then to butterfly is a strategy called holometaboly. Humans are in the minority among animals in that we don’t go through these very distinct, almost separate, lives. We start out as a smaller version of ourselves and grow bigger.
But from an evolutionary point of view, the way butterflies transform make sense.
“You have a larva that is an eating machine,” said Boggs. “It’s very well-suited to that. Then you’re turning it into a reproduction machine, the butterfly.”
Once it becomes a butterfly it will lose its mouth, grow a straw in its place and go on a liquid diet of sugary nectar and rotten fruit juices. Its main job will be to mate and lay eggs. Those eggs started to develop while it was a pupa, using protein that the caterpillar stored by gorging on leaves. We think of leaves as carbohydrates, but the nitrogen they contain makes them more than one quarter protein, said Boggs.
-- What are the stages of a butterfly?
Insects such as butterflies undergo a complete transformation, referred to by scientists as holometaboly. A holometabolous insect has a morphology in the juvenile state which is different from that in the adult and which undergoes a period of reorganization between the two, said Boggs. The four life stages are egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (also known as chrysalis) and butterfly.
-- What if humans developed like butterflies?
“We’d go into a quiescent period when we developed different kind of eating organs and sensory organs,” said Boggs. “It would be as if we went into a pupa and developed straws as mouths and developed more elaborate morphology for smelling and developed wings. It brings up science fiction images.”
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Amazing! Now I know why Bear Grylls is always talking about a caterpillars protein content, when he's looking for breakfast! 😝
Thanks! See our previous video on palm weevils if entomophagy interests you.
Deep Look What're you talking about? I've seen all your videos... They never slide past me. ❤
but not all caterpillars are edible, do they? since some have toxic.
Yes ,specially the bright colored ones.
Mak Shethiya he's a cheat cuz when he is off camera he goes to the closest 5 star. Hotel and gets buffets there
Sigh...if only I could eat more than my body weight and come out beautiful and majestic.
This comment doesn't help my depression.
LagiNaLangAko23 oo nga.
Monicute Translation: yeah...
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Nanna Leifa THESE HETALIA PROFILE PICTURES DOE.
Those caterpillars make leaves look tasty...
TorTorTalks that sounds like something a caterpillar would say
TorTorTalks they do look tasty
ExoticEmily 1482
I know
TorTorTalks lol
We use leaves for seasoning and in tea.
Some leaves have aromatics to go well with other foods.
Lettuce is a major component for most salads.
How to lose weight
1. Eat tons
2. Make silk
3. Hang on to silk upside down
4. Burst skin open
5. Make cocoon
6. Burn away self and face with stomach acid
7. Come out cocoon
Now you're beautiful
Dill Pickle dietsts hate him, find out why
And you also have wings.
Did somebody call me?
Nah i don't need that. Im so skinny that im green and brown. (But i stink.)
You forgot _not_ eating
Kid's face falls off
Mom: "Oh, it's just puberty." *giggle*
😂😂😂
-L̶ᴏᴠᴇ ɪɴᴄᴇsᴛ-
Isn't that what acne feels like?
@@TheIceCreamWizard ???
William Gabriel Gamboa that weirdo's name
it still amazes me how they change form inside the cocoon.
Professor Farnsworth nature is capable of many things.
Both incredible and horrific.
It's amazing what a being with omnipotence can create, huh?
@@combativeThinker You seriously dont need Omnipotence for that. That is Childs Play.
Turst meh u dont wanna know how they do it ;-;
Chrysalis... not a cocoon.
Fun fact: studies have been done that indicate butterflies actually _remember_ being caterpillars. Long story short, scientists exposed caterpillars to a shock every time they smelled a certain chemical, and then after they emerged as butterflies they reacted negatively to the same scent, expecting to be shocked.
That could just be them remembering the negative experience/pain, not necessarily remembering being caterpillars
I’ve heard of this before too! It’s kind of like, if you emotionally attached to something as a child, you can see it as an adult and it will bring up many memories!
Oh yeah? Got any sources?
Luis Castellon umm I don’t know where but I think if you just search butterfly shock experiment, you might find it?
I guess not for BEING A CATERPILLAR but from the experience they've been exposed to.
It is also connected to a study of a child experience that brings out "Phobia", some are horrible experiences from their childhood that lead them afraid of a minor thing even they are grown up.
If caterpillars can achieve this kind of glow-up, then there's hope for all of us.
there's no hope for me.
**and by eating so much
ミWANNABEミ “WhYmYgLoWuPkEePpAsInGmE?
Well its in their genes to be beautiful, it in our genes depending on our parents....and grandparents.....and great grand parents
The Screaming Banana
Same tho ;-;
I love how caterpillars are just chillin and eating
Arion perfect spirit animals
Just wait for wasp to zombify them😂
Yeah I wish I could eat all the time and never get full and not get a tummy ache ;-; how do caterpillers do it?
@@Ren_Zume rn: 😆😁😄😃😀☺️😊🙂🤨😐😳😨😰😥😓
Weeks 2:09
I was left speechless, i had no idea caterpillars shed their skin when they go through metamorphosis. I thought they built the chrysalis around their body. That's so cool. I wish I was taught that in school.
Depends whether it is a moth or butterfly caterpillar. All butterfly (and some moth) caterpillars molt into a chrysalis form as in the vid while most moth caterpillars spin a cocoon with their silk.
Jacob Terrell Man your profile pic made me think that there was a hair on my screen
Some species do that, but the others basically has their skin hardens, and some sorta chemical digests them in a way and that mush builds the butterfly. Summary, skin hardens, caterpillar turns to mush, and that mush builds a butterfly.
too much pokemon
At my school, we were taught that caterpillars have 3 forms, Caterpie, Metapod, and Butterfree.
The Caterpie turns into a Metapod by leveling up. The Metapod turns into Butterfree by waiting a few battles. The Butterfree is now a level 17 adult.
If it is female, we put it in a daycare and use a Ditto to breed it. If it's a male, we leave it inside the box until one of us dies.
A caterpillar eating up close is so satisfying to me.
Imagine you were just born and you start eating the hospital bed and you’re like: “Hey that’s pretty good.”
1:02 it sorta looks like the caterpillar is patting the egg as to say “you can do it!!”
It is so cute
IKR
Gotta care for the siblings.
No
The caterpillar is like:c'mon you can do it!
2:42 a physical representation of me doing a sit up
Me too
Relatable hahahahah
I'd die before i hit 2.
Same xD
Abbie, I think I know you...
2:19 Caterpie use string shot
3:00 Caterpie evolved to Metapod
3:14 Metapod use harden
3:34 Metapod evolved to Butterfree
pokemon pokemon pokemon pokemon pokemon
Good job
Butterfree used Giga Drain
1:50 caterpie eating a leaf, I had to because this is the best part
DashingSkateboard every name of a roblox copied game in a nutshell. Example: DINOSAUR DINOSAUR DINOSAUR DINOSAUR DINOSAUR or SIMULATOR SIMULATOR SIMULATOR SIMULATOR SIMULATOR.
The caterpillar be like: this isn’t even my final form
he protecc(tive)
he don't attacc
but most importantly
he really need a snacc
whatever, humor script kiddy.
What is up with these memes? I don't get it.
@@kaizerallen3785 what's up about the memes is... Creeper? aw man.
joshingyou299 lots of snaccs
Flying Phoenix Cat that meme is because people hate creepers in Minecraft
I kind of want to eat leaves now.
danfreed right? the caterpillars make it look so glorious
Well, we have lettuce, spinach, and chard and a lot more that we can eat
danfreed go for it, i doubt youll get far
danfreed +
Ya it's called vegetables
Caterpillars will always hold a special place in my heart. When I was little I would go look for monarch caterpillars on milkweed and put them in jars so I could take care of them. I love watching them grow and change from caterpillars to butterflies.
so like, they can evolve into butterflies inside a jar?
@@KCrispyINDO they probably had a bigger area where they would put milkweed leaves for them to eat, or just put milkweed in the jar
I did that with vine hawkmoths. I have to cut some leaves of the caladium plants or ask some neighbors for leaves.
@@KCrispyINDO At first yes, I would raise them in jars with holes or mesh added to the lids. I would also add some sticks for them to crawl on along with milkweed to eat. Later I got one of those bug encousure things which made things easier
2:01 Me and my shawarma roll
Geon Seohrin mood tbh
Blink!
Yep thats me
I see you like my country's food huh?
I love shawerma!
David Lawand
We eat that here to , so not your country food 🌚
"Shedding all traces of its youth...
...including its face"
*cue horror music*
😐 well then
Ok, real talk... butterflies are _terrifying_.
*spongebob flashbacks*
Nicole Kidman, is that you?
Redgrave192 indeed
Redgrave192 I can relate to that!
I knew I wasn't the only one scared of them. Especially if they fly in my path 😂
I also love how you include the discarded empty husk of the caterpillar. Usual documentaries always skips them, I wonder why?
LagiNaLangAko23 Is it any gross and grisly than snake shedding its skin? I mean it also has a face, and the detail... I watched those skin changing snake documentaries just fine when I was 5.
Hmm, I do think they should have show the caterpillar husk. So that overly curious children (like I was) wouldn't pester their parents about that.
My parents pulled answer out of their butts that caterpillar's skin and body get reassorbed for the butterfly. That's actually creepier than saying the outer skin just fell off.
Until literally a minute ago, i thought they just built their cocoons, shows how much my school did not teach me
Nanna Leifa +
+LagiNaLangAko23
I think there's a gif on Facebook that shows a closeup of a shedding snake's face. It's the weirdest thing ever, it looks as if the snake is spitting itself out of itself, so bizarre.
Monarch are always on our leaves in my front and back garden
*Yay*
Creeper? aw man.
“Mammals like us are weird ones.”
Couldn’t be further from the truth.
"We are the weird ones".. I stopped for a second and I was mind blown because it was true!
Rico well, other animals didnt invent nuclear weapons so, i guess its true
Jessen's Channel I was refering to us, all mammals
THEM CORE MUSCLES THOUGH
M
M
M
M
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*butterfly gets out of crysalis*
IM NOW A BUTTERFLY
NOW ITS TIME TO FLY!!!
WEEE-
*Gets eaten by a bird*
RIP butterfly
2019-2019
I raised black swallowtails one year. They became dinner for one of my ferrets who knocked their home off the dresser. There was one lone survivor out of five...
@@Zombiebutterflies1 Wow. Sad :(
XD
XDXD
XDXDXD
XDXDXDXD
XDXDXD
XDXD
XD
Ohhh NOES butterfly in birds stomach: GAH F*CK
Rest in peace butterfly 🦋
I have him his name is Henry I feed him 30 Leaves in the morning but when I came home at the evening it's all a poop.
U go Henry now he's still flying around my garden.
I'm so proud. Fly my son fly!!!!
And till date I used to think that Caterpillars make a cocoon around them from silk like kind of thing that spiders do with webs
Some do that though.. for example silk worms😅
It seems that it's mostly moths rather than butterflies that make silk cocoons. Silk worms are a type of moth.
Chaitanya Singh I thought there was eyelash on my screen. You be conned me with that profile pic
Even though moth caterpillars make cocoons, they still shed their skins and form a chrysalis inside.
"...afterall our face doesn't fall off when we grow up". i'm dying!!! XD
Wait? That's not normal?
+Lemons Rage
It is if you count the skin on your face, that falls off plenty of times, just not all at once.
Caterpillars eat leaves
Moechammad Albarr does this mean two face is half butterfly?
Our faces droop with time, others get surgery.
Kinda wish we could do like caterpillars and transform.
This is the weirdest speed run I’ve seen
1:20 *WHAT!? IS THAT THE CATERPILLAR I SAW ON THE TREE AT MY SCHOOL YEARS BACK!?* Nice!
Im a sinple man.......... i see "Deep Look" in notifications....... i will stop eveything i'm doing just to see the video
Inaki Merced bill cipher?
even pornhub ?
SINple man. AHAHAHAHAAA
the otaku dragon i mean.. i wouldnt
Sinful man
Caterpillar transformation is magical.............
Eggo= baby
Caterpillar = teen with pimples
Butterfly = Frickin butiful aduly
2:01 I love this part! ♥
Am I the only one who thinks caterpillars are actually cute?
You most certainly are not!
I always try to raise eggs I find in the wild and I can tell you that caterpillars are objectively cute.
I hand rear wild Monarchs to aid in the survival of the species and I love the caterpillars.
Awarne Gaming Yep Kinda cute.
Awarne Gaming I think they are one of the cutest insects on the planet.
Okay I think we can all agree that caterpillars are the cutest, like look at 1:37, they literally look like they have built-in shoes for feet
I have a friend who is learning about animals or something, I can't remember what exactly, but she have had shown on snapchat little clips of all the little insects and marine animals she encounter in class. She made me become fascinated with caterpillars.
When I saw those little legs I shrieked from cuteness
Irna Mosa +
Nope! Painted lady caterpillars are horrifying
The woolly bear is a moth larva... and it's cute.
They have sticky gummy toes
2:02
Now thats just so satisfying
From Caterpillar to butterflies is a magical and beautiful. ❤️
Butterflies and other flies alike stab their spouses/strangers/girlfriends with their Donkey Kongs to make babies.
Your videos are very interesting, and are not tedious to watch at get to the point. Your voice is amazing!
Many thanks!
The Artian why does your comment seem SO sarcastic
no really why?
thank you that's better
^
Trust me I'm not, I genuinely love this channel
maybe cause of the "not boring to watch", that was unnecessary xD
"our face doesn't fall off when we grow up..."
believe me it does!
When I grew up, my child body turned hard and then my adult body ripped straight out from the belly out. Here I am now as an adult.
I love how the caterpillars start thinking for their children when they are born
Always amaze me how you guys can get macro shots this close without scaring away the critters. A real feast to the eyes!
LagiNaLangAko23 Yeah but Butterflies? They fly like butter.
YoungTheFish
I'd imagine they have a zoom lens.
Paid actors and actresses
To be fair monarch caterpillars are pretty brave, or maybe they're just too busy eating!
I love the fact that the caterpillar eats the entire leaf, leaving no waste. I'm ok sharing my garden with conscientious critters like that!
2:55 when the alien in your class takes its shirt off while trying to take off its sweater
I’m scared of butterflies I think I’ll stick with caterpillars
I'm a cat, I eat both.
This is actually the first video on caterpillers I've seen that mentioned that they shed their skin to make their Chysalis. Did not know that. Other videos and shows always seemed to imply that they used their silk for the chysalis. I wonder why? Anyway, great video as always, I love your content! :]
They use the silk for the cocoons, which are the casing outside the chrysalis/pupa. If it's a silk worm, it spins a cocoon the pupa goes inside. Pretty much cocoons are different from chrysalids, and only some caterpillars (silk worms mainly) make them.
If you think,if it Does make it. Shouldn't it begin with the tail? Yet the chrysalis appears on its head.
Chysalis? Please explain to me what that is. If you meant to spell *chrysalis* then you can always edit it and make me look like the fool and not you.
@@paigeswan7768 what did he do to you? Geez, that's why people are getting annoyed by grammar/spelling hippies. Acting all superior even though the other person didn't do anything, then starting an argument. Don't push it kid.
wait its pronounced antenee? I've always said antenay
Leon Leee I've always said "an-ten-nuh"
Well guess im in the gray area cus I say it as an-tae-nah
The Warden I think they're referring to it being plural. You know like goose, geese. Antenna, Antennae
actually the plural of antenna is antennae because it is a latin word.
ive always pronounced it a-tun-noh
My school had a big bush for all the monarch catipillars to eat off of. So many butterflys being born that people got to see!
I love the way Lauren narrates the life of a caterpillar ❤
thank you for the great content you continue to provide ❤️
Gracias!
Deep Look um denada
Deep Look donde esta la biblioteca
I wish people would appreciate this type of video
You can't really tell the limit of work for this 5 minutes video
Just wawo amazing
Caterpillars and Worms are my favorite bugs. You go go little wiggly creatures! :D
I love how talented the narrator is.. she makes it so interesting. Even the video obviously. Good job lawrence and the other team
yes yes i am caterpillar yes yes yes nom nom nom
am I the only one that finds the music in these videos amazing? I just keep going back 10 seconds because I want to listen to it but then I don't know what the narrator is saying. Amazing channel!!!
Thank you, Juan. The music for Deep Look is composed for each video by Seth Samuel. Hi music is an integral part of what makes Deep look special. We are very lucky!
Caterpillars and butterflies are some of the most precious and beautiful things ever
Hey, it's Christopher, and many thanks for making these! From salamanders to mantises to roly polies - you make the world beneath our feet visible to us and understandable...and in less than 10 minutes! Bravo!
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That's a very intricate sight into the butterfly's cycle. Thanks Deep Look!
Great video as always! I wonder how you film those extreme closeups with absolutely no shake.
am i the only one who finds caterpillar cute?
Yes
No
I got the chills when I see them , but my husband founds them cute also .
I find caterpillars as cute as bees.
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Hi Lauren.. I have a correction here.. The shedding of caterpillar skin to chrysalis actually just take place within 24 hours after they do the J-hook. Other than that this video is realllllly amazing!!! I currently have some monarchs in puppa stage right now.. I love them!!!
Working at an invertebrate zoo as one of their educators, this video was wonderful as it was much more accurate than most other depictions, and still cringeworthy with misconceptions.
The outside of the butterfly’s body during the pupal stage is not “protecting the pupa inside,” the entire thing is the pupa.
For a butterfly, their pupa stage just has a fancy name: the chrysalis. Originating from Greek meaning golden house. And the term pupa or chrysalis can be used interchangeably for butterflies. Not that one is inside the other. Just how a butterfly’s larva is called a caterpillar or a larva.
The outside of a butterfly as a pupa/chrysalis is similar to the larval stage or adult (imago) in that it’s the animal’s exoskeleton.
Caterpillar feet are so cute for some reason....
Only just discovered this channel. ..loving it
0:18 Hey hey don't forget about poor moths
R.I.P Harry the Moth
: ( moths shoud have respect too!
"slowly tearing away its youth"
me going to college
The way she said antennae disturbs me.
annTENNI
noun, plural an·ten·nas for 1, an·ten·nae [an-ten-ee] /ænˈtɛn i/ for 2.
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
Zoology. one of the jointed, movable, sensory appendages occurring in pairs on the heads of insects and most other
-arthopods.
Butterflies are such beautiful creatures. It’s really amazing when you get to watch the process yourself. I did just that in third grade and it was so interesting to see.
0:48 The second one make it look very satafy( sorry if I spelled it wrong).
u cant even sepll
I want more videos of butterflies, it's so satisfying to watch them hatch ahahah
We just witnessed the evolution of a Caterpie into Metapod. Metapod only uses hardened. :(
Aoru and tackle
pokemon
2:01
Caterpillar: Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom. Nom, so hungry.
The zoom in and the story telling is really astounding!
I love it !
Please keep it going :)
I'm rearing eight eastern black swallowtails (Papilio polyxenes) that just entered chrysalis! The six that attached to twigs are a brownish hue while the two that managed to climb up the glass walls of the vivarium are bright green. I have no idea if that's just a coincidence or some kind of strategy I wasn't aware of? Anyway, it's a beautiful and fascinating process. It also makes you feel kinda like you're doing something good; I'm not sure the eight I plucked from the dill in our herb garden would have reached adulthood without intervention. P. polyxenes is common, but those who rear monarchs do the world a favor: the population has dramatically declined in the past few decades and extinction is a real threat. Stock up on milkweed if you can...
Monarch caterpillars are just the cutest sweethearts, I've found a few before and they just crawl right up on your hand and hang out! Love em
Them and the earthworms are the 2 "worm-like" creatures that I absolutely dont mind holding and let them crawl on my arm, otherwise if its any other worm I would freakout, feel like vomiting, and get mental visions of parasites.
Amazing footage you guys have filmed😜 Thank you!
I press on you videos instantly
Awesome - thank you!
Hey, I'm watching your videos, so cool ! One of the best biology channels I ever seen! 😃
Milkweed is the food baby caterpillars eat, then goes shedding until it reaches its pupae
"Our face doesn't fall off when we grow up"
But that child support does
legit
Thanks!
*WHY ARE YOU SO DANG HUNGRY BOI*
*BECAUSE CREEPER? AW MAN.*
I do not welcome gachatards here like you
@@flyingphoenixcat3742 dead meme
I love butterflies because they have beautiful wings flying across the sun and it is always my favorite creature and bug
I didn’t know that.Thanks Deep Look.
why humans are not like that? new body when you reach 21
How do you make something disgusting look so normal and not disgusting!? :0 HOW!!? you guys a wizard 👏🏼
Thanks, Juliana!
I think the majority of your disgust comes from pop culture. Hollywood loves to ascribe feelings of disgust and fear to insects and aliens, after all. Since my favorite channels growing up were Nat Geo, Animal Planet, and Discovery, I never developed that sense of disgust. In fact, I'm studying to become an entomologist.
Lol
imagine turning inside out...
gives me the chillies
Fantastic Video with very nice explanations. Thanks a lot.
Wow, I never knew about the part where they shed their skin and turn into a giant green blob, before making a chrysalis. I just assumed the chrysalis formed around the caterpillar and then it just melted into goo inside. Disgusting, but awesome!
I guess you could call me the very hungry caterpillar
Amazing! Thanks for the info.
I worked with Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars in a research lab in college. Those first-instar guys are so tiny! The camerawork you guys do is really incredible.
Why is this making me hungry though?
This content is soo clear and soo good thank you
You are welcome.
They’re such efficient eaters too it’s amazing
It would be so cool if somehow scientists found a way to capture footage of what the caterpillar looks like when it's going through its amount of metamorphosis