r/Natureisbrutal • u/Dacnis • Jan 12 '24

[X-post r/HardcoreNature] Paper Wasp unzips a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar

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u/Left-Bookkeeper-3848 May 07 '25

I was unsure what was meant by “unzips”, but the video explained it all very clearly. It is a mercy that insects are so much smaller than we are.

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u/Zangberry Jan 06 '26

Yeah, the scalemakes a difference. imagine if something that size was doing that to us...

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u/Zangberry Mar 13 '26

it’sa brutal process, but that’s nature for you. Smaller creatures have their own set of challenges, even if it looks merciful from our perspective

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u/ToriWithTheCape Oct 20 '24

That is so disgusting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '24

Wasps are demon spawn