Butterflies Shouldn't Remember Being Caterpillars (But They Do)

Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. When caterpillars undergo metamorphosis and become butterflies, their brains melt into goop. Neuroscience says they shouldn't remember anything about their past lives. So why do studies show that they do? Hosted by: @TomLumPerson Correction: 0:44 typo here — it should be "Holometabolous" ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Gizmo, Garrett Galloway, Friso, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Rizwan Kassim, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS7M8rNbzHS5yCNUStp6h_mxi1m_Iu3Fk-x2ox3eTjIJGiLVuqW5esATiNUD2zZ8IeYAslURSwBCZAo/pub