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Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis | Quanta Magazine
(www.quantamagazine.org)
• The results of the study of the brain of insects during metamorphosis are the most detailed.
• Insect metamorphosis evolved to reduce competition for resources between adults and offspring.
• Metamorphosis began about 350 million years ago, before the advent of dinosaurs.
• Metamorphosis affects the brain of insects, which undergoes significant changes.
• During metamorphosis, the insect brain recycles most of the neurons to function again.
• Metamorphosis changes connections between neurons, destroying old ones and creating new ones.
• Memories of a larva cannot be stored in the brain of an adult insect.
• Associative memories can be associated with smells and direct insects to or away from something.
That sounds like what happens when I’m having an orgasm.
I wouldn't mind a rewiring of my brain and some time off in a cocoon but not remembering my wife when I get out would be awful.
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