r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/Tango-Turtle 4d 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 3d ago

Yes

 

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