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.

time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

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.

PieMePlenty@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

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.

SnorriSturluson@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 days 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…