Daniel · 9 answers · 15d

Do you think caterpillars know that they will turn into a butterfly?

Insects have no brain. They instead have a ladder shaped net of nerve strings and knots in their belly. We as humans do have that too. We use the equivalent of those gut nerves as humans for having an autonomous digestive system independent from our brain. Any attempt to have a sensible exchange of info with my gut nerves is a pain and never succeeded. So I assume the gut nerves of insects have also limited intellectual abilities. So I fear knowing something in a conscious way is beyond its ability too.

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