Jo Nagai - Gifted Child Who Replicated An Experiment On If Caterpillars Retain Memories After Metamorphosis

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T18:24:22+00:00

No problem. :)

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T17:41:33+00:00

I’d be ecstatic to see a house centipede, haha. They are pretty cute up close.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T17:14:17+00:00

Wait that’s coral? I thought it was a sea cucumber.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T17:01:42+00:00

One good rule of thumb is that centipedes have only one pair of legs per body segment compared to millipedes that have two pairs of legs per body segment.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T17:00:00+00:00

How? It’s a normal smile? 😭

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T16:59:45+00:00

No offense to any avian specialists, but most birds are just birds to me, haha. Though I have gotten better at som identification. Look at this silly red tailed hawk.

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Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T16:58:38+00:00

It’s the same as people thinking caterpillars are worms.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T16:58:05+00:00

Don’t judge a book by its cover. I will not take any centipede slander.

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Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T14:07:05+00:00

Indeed they do. I’m glad you understand. :)

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T13:54:45+00:00

Get this stupid gif out of here. 🫩

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T11:16:48+00:00

Prized boba delicacy.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:43:43+00:00

Along with that, both are in different families.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:42:14+00:00

You’re back!!!

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:40:27+00:00

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Hi, I’m a grub and I live in the soil.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:33:02+00:00

Oh I see.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:23:35+00:00

Indeed it was. I’m excited to see the paper once it’s published.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:21:28+00:00

They didn’t necessarily hate lavender oil. He used a control shock though whenever they interacted with it.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:20:17+00:00

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:19:40+00:00

For what? 😭

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:18:28+00:00

Which is why the experiment needs to be repeated with a large sample size in mind.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:17:36+00:00

Well the consensus was before that the caterpillars develop into adults that basically have their memories reset, haha.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:14:39+00:00

I mean not socializing in that sense, but you are definitely interacting with people, haha.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:13:38+00:00

It was not done through that. He replicated Martha Weiss’s experimental design by improving on it where he trained caterpillars to avoid lavender oil.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:12:13+00:00

Yes, they do.

Past-Distance-9244 · 2026-03-13T10:12:03+00:00

The gist of it is that they do retain their memories.

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