What you have before you is the first known metamorphosis of a butterfly into a slug.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A brief statement suggesting something is a transformation of one form into another less desirable one.
- In plain terms
- Something has changed into a worse version of itself.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch for degeneration in ideas or systems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a transformation negative?
Another view
The meaning is abstract without more context.
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