I've never really thought of caterpillars as cute. Interesting? Sure. But cute? Um, not so much.
I'm just not a fan of the creepy and the crawly, no matter how fuzzy and seemingly innocent they are. So when I heard about an "adorable" caterpillar, I just had to take a look for myself.
Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed.
No, seriously. Take a really close look at that picture and you'll see some adorable, tuxedo'd penguins doing a lil' dance on that caterpillar's back.
Who needs to buy Christmas sweaters when you permanently have the perfect one on your body?
As The Dodo reported, their name comes from their affinity for spinning webbed "tents" of silk in tree branches and bark, which is also where they like to hang out all day. So they kind of make their own little hammocks.
Once their bellies are nice and full, they find a satisfactory leaf to curl up inside and spin a cocoon. Then, they'll emerge as a beautiful butterfly!
Or, well, actually more like a fluffy moth. But they can still fly! So that's pretty cool.
Sadly, the moth stage means the end of the penguin sweater stage, so I'm sure it's a bittersweet experience once they've earned their wings.
h/t: The Dodo
