While flipping over rocks with Clare, my four-year-old, I saw a potato bug stuck on its back. Its legs were flailing and its body was twisting, but it couldn't flip over. Another bug then left its spot, moved a couple inches and bumped the stuck bug onto its feet. Then it went back to the same place it was previously.
Which begs the question, of course: How aware of others (and self) are insects? Why would a bug do that?
I asked the potato bug, but it didn't tell me a thing.
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