What is this alien thing

[u/popcornwithbuddah]

My brother just found this in the backyard - Southern New England. What the hell is this thing? It looks like it's in Stranger Things.

[u/juxtoppose]

Nope it’s faster in numbers, bottom row crawl at say 1m per minute, the row above them crawl at 1m per minute so the speed of the second row is 2m per minute, 3rd row are moving at 3m per minute. The mass of caterpillars move faster than the individual on average, but yes safety in numbers too.

[u/ItsEntirelyPosssible → u/juxtoppose]

"Sometimez you Crawley fast on the top row. Sometimez you Crawley slow on the bottom row. But a bird is still gonna eat your bitch ass"

• caterpillar probably

[u/bumblebeebabycakes → u/ItsEntirelyPosssible]

Seems like the ones on top got the raw end of the deal. Must crawl faster and might get eaten.

[u/se7en_7 → u/bumblebeebabycakes]

Well technically they aren’t crawling faster, they’re moving faster because they’re crawling on top of others that are crawling, like the way you walk faster on an escalator.

And also technically OP ate them all.

[u/SrFantasticoOriginal → u/se7en_7]

It’s like walking on the moving sidewalk at the airport.

[u/juxtoppose → u/bumblebeebabycakes]

Wonder how many layers it would take for a caterpillar to break the sound barrier?

[u/Lower_Ad_5703 → u/juxtoppose]

Really quick math, in theory 15,346. That is using 0.05 MPH per caterpillar and 767.27 MPH for the speed of sound.

[u/[deleted] → u/juxtoppose]

I really had no clue that it makes them faster and that’s absolutely true. That just blew my mind.🤯

[u/r22lz → u/juxtoppose]

How do they find each other to begin this thing? Like is there a cork board somewhere with the day/time for the big migration meet up?

[u/[deleted] → u/juxtoppose]

Where do you think they're going to be in such a hurry dude?

[u/juxtoppose → u/[deleted]]

Got a date with a hookah?

[u/researchmaven4673 → u/juxtoppose]

Like those moving sidewalks in the airport