metamorphosis

     

Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically evelops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, amphibians, molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of habitat or behaviour.

Trivia about metamorphosis

  • Name for the process a caterpillar goes through to become a moth
  • The process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly is called this
  • Like caterpillars, tadpoles undergo a process called this to become adult frogs
  • Kafka's title "Die Verwandlung" was changed to this
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us some photos in the science lab.) After a butterfly goes through four life stages, from egg to larva to pupa, & finally, to adult, it's said to have undergone complete this, Greek for "transformation"
  • Transformation, for Kafka (13)
  • In most toads this process of gradually developing from a tadpole into a fully formed toad takes 3-8 weeks
  • Gregor Samsa awakes one day transformed into a gigantic insect; family sprays him with industrial-sized can of Raid
  • "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed...into a gigantic insect"

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