after enough trials and time, there's nothing else that _could_ have happened: every caterpillar that didn't become a butterfly didn't reproduce to tell us abou

after enough trials and time, there's nothing else that _could_ have happened: every caterpillar that didn't become a butterfly didn't reproduce to tell us about its story all we can see today is the successful outcome of trillions of dice rolls we can't even perceive > The mortality rate of caterpillars is staggering. Some experts believe it hovers around 99% for many species. They are nature’s hotdogs and seemingly everyone wants a bite. Birds and other insects are especially voracious predators. https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2020/10/04/curve-lined-owlet-caterpillar-rare-find-adams-county/5869499002/ https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2020/10/04/curve-li... facing those kinds of odds, you have to get creative...