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The following video presents Nature’s 3D Printer: MIND BLOWING Cocoon in Rainforest – Smarter Every Day 94 :
What is your theory about why there are holes in the cocoon?
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1. The Smarter Every Day Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/13vku56
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Filmed on location in the Rainforests of Eastern Peru. I was on a tour run by Rainforest Expeditions (http://www.perunature.com)
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Here’s some Info from Phil:This type of cocoon is known as a “open-network cocoon” and is unlike other cocoons in that it doesn’t completely enclose the pupa in silk. Instead, it only partially surrounds it, likely enabling better airflow to control for humidity and may help prevent fungi from growing on, and eventually killing, the pupa. This cocoon very likely belongs to a moth in the family Urodidae, which is known for making this type of lattice-structured cocoon surrounding its pupa….
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~~ Thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for inviting me down, if you’d like to go down to the Amazon Rainforest and see all of this for yourself check them out at http://www.perunature.com
Phil Torres is the Conservation Biologist in the video who was wise enough to bring his books to the middle of the jungle! You can tweet Phil (http://www.twitter.com/phil_torres)
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