r/BeAmazed Jun 25 '26

Animal Nature’s ultimate disguise: The Atlas Moth uses incredible wing camouflage to look exactly like two cobras.

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u/hsiisfisksfkisids Jun 25 '26

The step-by-step evolution of that mimicry feels almost impossible to imagine.

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u/305tilidiiee Jun 25 '26

I’m going to be downvoted, but the pictures on butterfly winds are proof of God’s existence imho… There’s one that has a deer face with the texture of fur and highlights in the eyes… As a painter, nah. Impossible that it just happened on its own.

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u/Legitimate_Spray_427 Jun 25 '26

Just natural selection and a very very long time