Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Weird Science

What do you do if you have a caterpillar and he makes a chrysalis and never emerges? (remember Cheeky?)

Well if you're a 5 year old boy, you dissect it with a sewing needle of course!


Behold, Mummy Moth!

He's now resting comfortably in our nature table and a proper sarcophagus is forthcoming.

7 comments:

Joy said...

dissection with a sewing needle...that's a new one on me. :) I'm glad Zach was able to discover what happened to his caterpillar.

Rae said...

How great that you live on a boat! What a wonderful experience for your children in this day and age.

LittleLovables said...

He's budding into a little scientist!

Does he have a sketch pad so he can sketch his little findings on them? He would probably come up with some neat things on your nature walks

miatapaul said...

looks like a very curious boy. i never did the caterpillar thing, but we did tadpoles and got them to frog stage.

Looks like it is time for a proper burial at sea!

waldorfmama said...

awesome...

Lily Boot said...

Oh i do remember Cheeky! His desirability as a pet was greatly admired! What a shame he came to naught. Yes, a worthy sarcophagus is in order. Perhaps you could wrap him in a flag and give him a sea burial - but would he have to put a stitch through his nose first?

Jennifer Johnson said...

Great idea. We had some caterpillars turn into moths, and a few didn't emerge. I still have the container. Maybe tomorrow we'll see what's in them.

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