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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 99 points 11 months ago (12 children)

99% is pretty impressive, most species have 100% mortality rate

[–] Shawdow194@kbin.social 38 points 11 months ago (7 children)

That's an interesting point!

Any animal that changes or metamorphosises into a different animal technically has a less than 100% mortality rate

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Hmm, interesting indeed! I get what you're trying to say, but I would also tend to believe that it's still the same animal? If not that, then wouldn't the caterpillar cease to exist when it metamorphosised into something else?

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Animals are a social construct

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