Take A Secret Look Inside The Cocoon As A Caterpillar Transforms To A Butterfly
24/05/2013
Using three dimensional X-ray imaging, we can now see the magical process of metamorphosis up close. Happy summer! The transformation (...)
Using three dimensional X-ray imaging, we can now see the magical process of up close. Happy summer! The transformation of a lowly into a graceful butterfly is the kind of shocking fact of nature that’s used to get children excited about science, so visible is the transformation, so tangible are the lessons. But what’s actually going on the cocoon? Typically, scientists have had to dissect them to find out, killing the organism as a result, a casualty of scientific inquiry. Another problem with cutting the to see what’s inside: it only gives the research access to a single moment in the caterpillar’s development, an Instagrammed moment as opposed to a Vine of metamorphosis.Read Full Story