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[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (8 children)

So...ok, I'm missing something, then. How does the population get energy into the system, then? They don't photosynthesize, somebody has to eat SOMEthing at SOME point, or they won't have any energy at all for.....activities.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The caterpillar stage. Wikipedia says that's 6-7 weeks long.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.

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