•  tygerprints   ( @tygerprints@kbin.social ) Banned
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    2 years ago

    Pretty sure they have 100 percent mortality rate as most animals do. There are some species of jellyfish that technically are immortal (capable of immortality anyway) - they revert back to a polyp stage and start life over again without dying. But every other animal species, like us humans, does have to bow down to the grim reaper at some point.

    •  Cralder   ( @Cralder@feddit.nu ) 
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      2 years ago

      “Caterpillar” is not a species. It’s a stage of some animals’ life cycle. It means 99% of catepillars die before they become butterflies or moths or whatever