In the rainforests of Peru there lurks a caterpillar that doesn’t appreciate people yelling at it. Do so, as field biologist Aaron Pomerantz did earlier this year, and in a flash it unfurls bizarre tentacles. But why? And how? This week’s episode of Absurd Creatures is here to explain.
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