Meet the Donald Trump caterpillar!
I took a trip to the Peruvian Amazon recently, and while I was there I met the world’s absolute weirdest caterpillar. I mean, just look at it!
This orange ball of fluff is actually the larva of a Megalopygid moth, and its cute fuzz disguises thousands of venomous spines waiting to punish any animal that tries to eat it.
Can you see why scientists gave it the nickname “the Donald Trump caterpillar”?
But as if that wasn’t cool enough, there’s another animal in the rainforest that disguises itself as the Trump caterpillar, and when you find out what it is, it’s going to blow your mind!
Enjoy this look at some of nature’s coolest disguise artists.
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Looks like a walking carpet, haha xx
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