Josh Clark
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You wouldn't have been touching the hair like structures.
So it wouldn't have stung you.
It's not like, I don't think it's an active process.
I think it's a passive thing where you just touch it and they're not like die, die, die.
It's just like, you just touched it and it did its thing passively.
Most caterpillars seem rather chill, but not all of them are.
I was not happy to find this out.
I find this rather unpleasant.
But there's some species of caterpillars in Hawaii that are actually carnivores.
Far and away, most species of caterpillars, and hence butterflies, are herbivores.
They just eat leaves.
That's what they do.
They eat leaves and shoots.
Wait, eat shoots and leaves.
Eat shoots and leaves.
So there's the ones in Hawaii.
They'll eat snails.
And not only do they eat snails, it's really awful.