Once a caterpillar has disintegrated all of its tissues except for the imaginal discs, those discs use the protein-rich soup all around them to fuel the rapid cell division required to form the wings, antennae, legs, eyes, genitals and all the other features of an adult butterfly or moth.
View full size image. Diving to depths of 328 feet (100 meters) to munch on millions of krill each day, the blue whale takes the prize for the largest creature alive (and ever to exist!). These blue-gray giants extend about 80 to 100 feet (24.4 to 30.5 m) in length and weigh about 400,000 pounds (181,437 kilograms).
The largest and heaviest living creature on earth is the blue whale.he largest living thing on earth is a giant fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom. About 2,400 years old and several square miles in size. 1400 football â¦ pitches springs to mind. I think it lives in Oregon.