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Scientists Discover a Real-Life Smoking Caterpillar

Posted on January 12, 2014February 4, 2019 by Andrew Sellon

Disney CaterpillarFrom the ever-popular “Almost Stranger Than Fiction” Department comes news that scientists have discovered a species of tobacco plant-eating caterpillar that “smokes” to ward off potential predators.  No, really.

To read this curiouser and curiouser story, click me.

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