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Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in one 5-mile area on Oahu. [Full-size image for detail / more inside] in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"We've only collected 62 of them over 20 years,"

So it hasn't been recently discovered? Or is it that type of thing where it's been discovered in a research collection or something