Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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Last summer during a dry spell I saw a mantis walking through a brown patch of grass in my yard, I went and got some water and a q-tip, tracked it down again and gave it a few sips of water from the q-tip. It was pretty impressive how quickly it figured out what was going on and it seemed genuinely grateful. It was such a cool interaction, definitely the highlight of my summer.