By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the "bone collector.

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.

Hawaiian scientists discover a carnivorous caterpillar that decorates its shell with the body parts of dead insects