Today, after a few weeks of smuggling a baby caterpillar into work every day just to make sure it ate and stayed alive long enough to turn into a butterfly, it finally did. Before it could fly free, a bird turned it into a snack. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my first graders released the butterflies we've been raising. The kids were sad that one had died in his cocoon and wouldn't be set free. Turns out that butterfly may have had a better fate: a flock of birds ate half of the others. Immediately after releasing them. In front of the kids. FML
Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I got up and started getting ready for work. As I entered the bathroom, I noticed a moth in the shower. Feeling generous, I caught the moth in a cup and took it to the front porch. I released the moth and watched it fly away… into a giant spider and its web. FML
Today, after we finished making my 6 year-old daughter a net to catch an injured baby bird, when she went out to catch it she witnessed a stray cat catch and eat it. FML
Today, I witnessed the beautiful sight of a tiny baby bird struggling to take flight from its nest. "You can do it," I muttered, which I guess my asswipe of a cat heard as "Quick, go kill that bird and scar me for life, please." FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, a bird flew into the workshop where I work, gave itself a tour of the place, then promptly pooped on my lunch and left. FML
Today, I spent hours making an elaborate bird feeder for my backyard. It was finally ready, and I proudly hung it up, imagining the birds chirping happily. Instead, a squirrel discovered it within minutes, devoured all the birdseed, and then gave me a smug look before knocking the feeder to the ground. FML
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theslimshadylp 6
The circle of life.
asoptavlo14 6
Shit happens, and technically the butterfly will "fly away, " just in the bird's stomach.
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Comments (175)
MissLizWolf 8
You didn't deserve it! That's so sweet, something I would try to do, maybe not to that extent... and to the person that said "their Like a million more", So? You idiot. OP, if you were a boy, I'd date you! Hahahahaha! ;D Lol jks... but maybe not.
simonsaysYDI 8
110 - I don't think you were paying enough attention. As far as I know from watching it (**** yeah I'll admit it) you never find out the secret ingredient. =P
fukmefreddy 4
Maybe you should... I don't know, work at your job, instead of getting romantically entangled with caterpillars. Then this whole situation could've been avoided. F that caterpillar's life
RangerLacrosse26 4
That's really weird...who does that?
jordanlite 16
Agreed. That's... Weird.
Coby1996 0
That's hilarious
medichick 5
Like I said yesterday before the stupid moderators changed my comment then eventually erased it...... You need a life OP
dromaan 2
Maybe that's his way of getting ready for a performance assessment we all have different methods on preparation lol
BryanThaMan 14
wrong FML....
sks4613 1
Ummm caterpillars turn into butterflies by enveloping themselves in a cacoon. The eating process could not be seen or assisted by you in any way. That would be awesome though to see your reaction as the butterfly emerged to be eaten. Fail on all accounts. For lying and being a igmo.
ebfbruh 0
Dude... Get a life
littlebluepill 1
I thought, to enable them to turn into a butterfly, caterpillars had to form a chrysalis around themselves? I didn't think it was possible to just feed a caterpillar every day and 'watch' it over a few weeks form into a butterfly.