Snakes or a butterfly! This atlas butterfly is confusing Twitter

Over the years many posts deceptive photo virals that make people believe they are seeing something that is not actually there. The most recent case left more than one Twitter user quite confused.

Nature can be very beautiful, but also very cruel and hostile, so animals must contrive to defend themselves in whatever way they can. Such is the case with this peculiar insect, which from a certain angle gives the impression of being a snake.

What do you think of its strange appearance? You can’t say it wouldn’t scare you if you saw her out of the corner of your eye on your way home! The user @thegallowboob published the photographs, which went viral, with the following caption:

Attacus Atlas is one of the largest butterflies in the world and only lives for two weeks with a single goal for its adulthood: to lay eggs and defend them until their young are born disguised as a snake.

In a tweet later, he corrected his statement and clarified that the Attacus Atlas it is not a butterfly, but a moth.

When this animal, which is also known as the “atlas butterfly”, spreads its wings, it appears to be a snake. Hence, many users have identified it as such.

However, its camouflage does not remain in mere appearance, since, according to the National Museum of History, when it is threatened, it falls to the ground and writhes, slowly flapping its wings to imitate the head of the snake. , for the purpose of scare away predators.

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