r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/1632hub • 5d ago

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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u/Aggravating-Pipe6353 5d ago

Couldn’t have filmed the ending? Fuck man. You had gold there, but you blew it.

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u/Yugan-Dali 5d ago

It went on for another two hours.

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u/Flat-Delivery6987 5d ago

I heard it's still happening, right now!!!

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u/namedan 5d ago

I understood that Cory reference!

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u/TappedIn2111 5d ago

Phone battery went bye bye.

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u/Accidental_Ballyhoo 5d ago

Camera op lost all motor functions

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u/Tango-Turtle 5d ago

The mantis being much smaller, it must have gotten tired quicker and got eaten.

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u/S0k0n0mi 4d ago

I'm not sure insects work that way. Don't they just inflate something pretty much like a hydraulic system and lock it in if they want to? I believe that system is why spiders do that weird curl up when they die; their hydraulic pressure drops.

Can some entomologist chime in on this?

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u/Paddy32 4d ago

Yes

 

/s

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u/BertBert2019GT 4d ago

i doubt it. i've seen enough video of mantis eating much larger prey to not bet against the mantis in this fight. snake is ectothermic and will tire quickly. then the chomping begins...

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u/EchoInYourChamber 4d ago

Also did not film the beginning. Who attacked who?

Also OP is dickhead for making this happen in the first place.

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u/Incrediblesunset 4d ago

That was the end of round 1.