Caterpillar Cocoon Timelapse | BBC Earth

Watch the first bizarre steps in this caterpillar's rebirth from bug to butterfly, in a timelapse showing the beginning of one of nature's most incredible metamorphosis.

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[MrSeekerOfPeace]

Congratulations. Your Caterpie has evolved into Metapod!

[arienalien]

Title should be - Caterpillar Cocoon Timelapse Before Battery Dies

[leninnayak]

Why this abrupt ending? Could have ended properly with an emerging butterfly.

[filmsforallnations]

The metamorphosis of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly is so beautiful.

[deeliciousplum]

Noooo! This breathtaking video ended far too soon. 🌻
The experience that people will have while viewing this vid will be similar to that of making it home after a long day's work, a long day of work where they have had on their mind that slice of cheesecake that was waiting for them in the fridge. After opening the fridge door, they soon discover that one of their roommates ate it and left the plate in the sink as a kind of bonus reminder of what they did.

For many viewers, that will be their experience after viewing this episode.

[laurencedubois]

What!!! You can’t end the video like this! That’s evil!

[DavidDoodleCartoons]

The caterpillar’s head is about to split open. me: oh no

[gnunmartirosyan]

But you should show the eeeend😩😩🤦🏻‍♂️ ..I was waiting for the moment when the butterfly would appear 😓😐😐

[InfiniteTriztan]

It would've been perfect if you had filmed the caterpillar until it became a butterfly, i was actually waiting for that transformation.🦋🐛🦋

[itsmenanib]

OMG, I was hooked and then it stopped! So did my heart! Well, almost. Wait! How can I see the rest of this transformation?!

[dogewood]

What’s really amazing and often overlooked is its innate behavior to prepare itself for transformation.

It knows just what to do almost on a quasi-sapient level of understanding:
It’s all hardwired by design in its own DNA.

It’s like it’s simply a preprogrammed, organic automation designed for metamorphosis.

[Ton]

That's the problem with modern cameras:
Stunningly beautiful HD picture. But only 2:52 minutes of battery life.

[NadimahElizabeth]

Chrysalis. It’s not a cocoon and this title made me unnecessarily angry.

[simone]

I'm currently eagerly and patiently waiting for a citrus butterfly to emerge from the chrysalis that hang from my small lemon tree. It will be the second time I'll be witnessing this wondrous metamorphosis.

[anitahardesty]

The transformation of caterpillar to a butterfly is incredible! To only be able to walk and and are ugly and then transform into something beautiful and be able to fly!! Wow!!!

[cantieniroman]

Do you also always wonder how they make such nice timelapses?

[nazianafis]

Caterpillars are little more than stomachs on legs.
Best. Description. Ever.

[waffleauflauf]

Cool! I came to this video because one of my own caterpillars is turning itself into a chrysalis right now, and I wanted to see how it would play out so I'd know what I should expect. This is so exciting!

[SlowToe]

What a cliffhanger ending. Next episode = endgame

[swapswaped]

caterpillar: one last boogie till adulthood