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I, for one, welcome our new mantis overlords.
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Thanks bro! I needed that…
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Small dragon, big attitude.
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One time, I was sitting outside on my front porch, and I looked down and saw three tiny little baby mantis’s running around on the arms of the rocker I was sitting in. As I looked at them, one of the little guys raised up his arms offensively, like he was going to attack me. He was easily only a half inch long, if that… So cute, so frightening!
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I’ve found that a lot of bugs will put up their dukes when you shove a macro lens in their face.
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The green one is clearly the group leader - note how it takes a moment to carefully adjust the posture of its nearby comrades, and is the first to defend the bunch.
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baby mantises, mantis’, mantisesess, manti?
We need a Merriam Webster youtube vid on this one.
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their egg pods release hundreds at a time. mine hatched when i was at school and i came home to a desk and living room overflowing with nymphs
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Surely this is less “attack mode” and more “defense mode” (i.e. “I am big and scary and you definitely don’t want to eat me!” in response to a threat). Because while mantises are predators, they’re also pray prey.
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i won’t lie, i was worried for the little guy.
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The pale green one is big preggers.
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Ah yes, much better,
those crawlies though.
*focus back to unic/ *
ah, much better.
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What you did there, I see it.
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Awwww. All they want is a hug.
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