Butterflies are amazing. In a way, they live two lives.
In the first, they live as caterpillars. In this stage of life, anything could happen. They're at the base of the food chain, they could get eaten by birds on the outside, and get eaten by caterpillar wasps from the inside. Caterpillar wasps lay eggs on or inside the caterpillar, and when the eggs hatch, they begin eating their host [the caterpillar], most of the times from the inside out. It's so cruel, yet nature determined it so.
During this time, the caterpillar sheds its skin multiple times in order to get to the body mass needed to undergo the adult phase.
Then comes metamorphosis. At this stage of life, the caterpillar enters the pupal stage, where it doesn't eat, doesn't move in its pupa [AKA chrysalis, AKA cocoon]. The process may take from two weeks to several months as the caterpillar tissues completely break down and rearrange before we see the final stage.
The end result is the butterfly we see, the adult. Just when life seemed to end in darkness, the caterpillar seemed to get a second chance at life. For the few hours after breaking out, its wings will be shriveled and soft. But after hardening, the butterfly will begin mating, because in a few weeks, it'll die.
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4 comments:
and there goes the cycle of life. sad, isn't it. and unfair at some point.
was this post inspired by a certain framed art? just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. we kind of go through that, except we're "luckier"? We get to have several metamorpheses as we go through life. just when we thought elementary school was over, we become a "big kid" and feel like the world sort of revolved around us. then we get through high school and we think the most important part of our lives is ending. (i guess that's why some people feel the "absolute need" to go to prom) But as we gradually shed some of our past and "rearrange" ourselves, we become somewhat of a butterfly in college. of course your wings will be a little shriveled up your first semester there, but soon enough you'll feel like a full grown butterfly, ready to show yourself off. then that ends. man, doesn't life suck. well, not really, because then you get to find a job and feel like a real "grown up". now you think you're really the coolest thing. but then the bills come and you have to figure out your taxes and grown-up responsibilities. and you morph again. of course, some stop changing after middle school, or some just dont change much even if they do, while many others continue the "cycle", but the point is that we get to have so many chances to become a butterfly and we dont have to worry about getting eaten by birds or by wasps from the inside out. (now i feel like an inspirational speaker) yay! positive attitude! glass is half full! -yo sista :D
I just loved how yo sista described it. So apt, so... fit in!
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thanks, perisher! -yo sista :)
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