dr_parsley
Puritan Board Freshman
I was blown away yesterday by this thing I found in our garden. We live in "the bush", meaning we are bounded on 3 sides by wild African bush and we often see things that look really bizarre, but this takes the biscuit. It's a little caterpillar-like thing which has constructed an intricate housing out of bits of grass etc for camouflage. It manages to move around, despite its housing being quite angular and unwieldy, by dragging itself forward on strong little pincers.
Unlike any other caterpillar-like thing I've seen, it is extremely aware of my presence and hides its body inside the housing before you're really quite sure that you saw it. You wouldn't believe there's anything inside it otherwise, but I did get a blurry picture of the head poking out:
I let it go last night, because I wouldn't have been able to sleep with the thought of holding this special thing captive all night (I'm a sensitive type!), but to prove it's not a fluke, we found another one this morning but smaller.
I am again amazed by God's creation. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this little beast isn't yet known to science - I've never heard of anything like it. Living in the bush you do get this feeling that crawling all around are lots of things yet unknown to science, but more than known to God! Praise our awesome God!
Unlike any other caterpillar-like thing I've seen, it is extremely aware of my presence and hides its body inside the housing before you're really quite sure that you saw it. You wouldn't believe there's anything inside it otherwise, but I did get a blurry picture of the head poking out:
I let it go last night, because I wouldn't have been able to sleep with the thought of holding this special thing captive all night (I'm a sensitive type!), but to prove it's not a fluke, we found another one this morning but smaller.
I am again amazed by God's creation. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this little beast isn't yet known to science - I've never heard of anything like it. Living in the bush you do get this feeling that crawling all around are lots of things yet unknown to science, but more than known to God! Praise our awesome God!