Spicebush caterpillar defense
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Uploaded by RoddyAndClark on Oct 14, 2009
This Spicebush caterpillar, also known as a snake mimic because of the green coloration with large black spots which look like eyes. I tried to prod it to move off the leaf, and it decided to show its other defense: a forked tongue looking appendage.
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throw a pokeball its caterpie
1 year ago 228
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Eventually, the Spicebush caterpillar will continue its life cycle and become a Metapodus Cocoonus Pokemonus, and after hardening several dozen times will emerge in its adult stage, colloquially known as a "Butterfree".
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All Comments (72)
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I SAW THIS ON MAGIC SCHOOL BUS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER!!! Who else remembers? :D
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whos that pokemon
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Time to play a YouTube drinking game!
Go through the comments for this video and for every one mentioning Caterpie, take a shot!
If you're still conscious at end, you're my hero.
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a pokemon!!
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I have done that before, it smells like ear wax but burns the nostrils.
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@RoddyAndClark just imagine it smell like over roasted coffee
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A WILD CATERPIE APPEARS!
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Caterpie caterpie caterpie yea
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CATERPIE I CHOOSE YOOOU
STRING SHOT NOOOW!
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0:50 its caterpie!!!
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The smell is derived from the spicebush chemicals. It smells somewhat like spicebush twigs, but the caterpillar produces acetic acid as well and the entire smell starts be smell like skunk. Lets just say that I go too close and tried too many takes to get the best shot of the caterpillar doing this trick. Everything was becoming overwhelming with skunk smell.
RoddyAndClark 1 year ago 14