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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. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Testing weather caterpillars retain memory when they metamorphicize into butterflies

[โ€“] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day 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?