Behold the Wandering Violin Mantis

[boingboing]

Originally published at: Behold the Wandering Violin Mantis | Boing Boing

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[nick_warr]

Those are amazing, but I just adore mantids, so I’m probably biased,

[hecep]

Head swiveling around and shifting its weight… like it expects some martial arts foe to drop in.

[Knackfloh]

and a neck which makes a giraffe jealous,

[Scientist]

Except it’s not its neck, that’s the thorax that is pulled further than Stretch Armstrong. See the forelegs are at the head end of things.
The neck is quite small on these wondrous critters

[knoxblox]

So, does Violin Mantis play for Praying Mantis at Chez Shrub as she dines on her hubby?

[Knackfloh]

ups, of course you are right, mammalian anatomy bias at work. This first pair of legs fools me into horror mandible territory.