Friday, March 2, 2012

Enhanced

I say "enhanced"...
You think: boobs, Kardashian, YouTube, supersize, photoshop, et.al (no, really, et.al ad nauseum).

Let's try this again:
I say "enhanced"...
You look:

 
Meet Atlas (also known as Attacus), the worlds' largest month. This image of his one-foot wingspan was taken in the eastern Himalayas. To get this big does not require supplements or response to XXX spam emails; instead, the caterpillar on his way to becoming Atlas, eats constantly for six weeks. Once emerged from his cocoon, Atlas lives off his fat reserves for two weeks at which point he dies. The gloriously patterned wings cannot be bought at a store anywhere near you; instead, they serve as a startling visual defense mechanism against predators. Atlas' sole purpose is to procreate. How's that for all natural notoriety?

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