UK: Man decides to pet 6 caterpillars he found in broccoli, shares their journey

A British man is now making headlines after he decided to keep the worms, instead of throwing, he found in his veggies. According to international media reports, 27-year-old Sam Darlaston has apparently found six caterpillars in broccoli that he had purchased in addition to one that he had found in the veggie that his roommate had bought. However, instead of discarding them, the decided to pet them all.

From caterpillars to butterflies 

Later, in a tweet, he informed the supermarket, that their vegetables had the worms in them. Writing that ‘it was his favourite vegetable’ and unwrapping it, he was 'surprised ' explained how he had found the worms.  Darlaston later posted a ‘caterpillar thread’ on Twitter to showcase the journey of his beloved pets to becoming ‘wild butterflies’.  

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