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Bizarre Behaviour of “Crazy Tentacled Caterpillar” in Peruvian Amazon: Video

2015-04-30

1 min read

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Aaron Pomerantz, an entomologist, discovered an incredible caterpillar exhibiting bizarre behaviour that involves four strange tentacle-like appendages protruding from its abdomen in the Peruvian Amazon.

Yelling or shouting at the “Crazy Tentacled Caterpillar” elicits this bizarre behaviour.

The following video presents Crazy Tentacled Caterpillar in Tambopata, Peru:

We found a crazy tentacled caterpillar near the Tambopata Research Center in the Peruvian Amazon. This bizarre organism is the the genus Nematocampa – check it out and see more amazing wildlife at http://www.perunature.com . Video by Aaron Pomerantz, thanks to contributing footage by Steven Senisi of EdTechLens.

See the full story at http://blog.perunature.com/2015/04/we-found-and-yelled-at-crazy-tentacled.html .

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