This Leaf Sure Can Fly

That's because it's not a leaf at all, but an incredible camouflage display by the moth Uropyia meticulodina. What's truly amazing about this moth is that its wings aren't just the same color and pattern as a dried leaf, but that they even are curled up like one.

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Obviously, that's good camouflage right there!

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Whoops, fixed it!

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Yeah, I was also wondering how something could be a moth and not a moth. :P

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"That's because it's not a moth at all, but an incredible camouflage display by the moth"
I believe you meant to type "Not a LEAF at all."

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Malibu Barbie?

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I don't know about you, but I find the idea of a looming wall comprised of nothing but partially dismembered naked barbies to be vaguely terrifying.

Who'm I kidding. More like 'abjectly terrifying'. I think I did this in a haunted house once.

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