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kiew1 — Cyanide-producing caterpillar
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Published: 2015-08-09 08:59:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 483; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Location: ThailandCaterpillar of the Zygaenidae moth. Note the small hydrogencyanide (HCN) droplets on body and spines.
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Weird looking. And there were quite a few of them, too!
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Thank god its colouration would mean I wouldn't want to eat it (not that I go around eating caterpillars - just if we had to, I wouldn't pick this!)
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Neither would I. But, likewise, I also wouldn't go for the boring brown ones either. They can look pretty disgusting, too. I'd probably go for all-green ones. At least if you mix them in with some lettuce you'd hardly notice them.
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I think I would have to blend them well to "hardly notice them"!
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In Thailand, the insects will kill you 
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Yes, that's what I'm beginning to think!!
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