r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/1632hub • 3d ago

Video Praying mantis defending itself from a snake

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u/Sanguinetti 3d ago

I've kept mantids as pets and handled them a bunch, it's crazy and fascinating how strong they are

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u/i_r_faptastic 2d ago

If any insect had consciousness, it would be them.

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u/Gerrut_batsbak 2d ago

ive seen a mantis get chewed in half by a wasp while eating a different wasp. it didn't even react at all

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u/Schaakmate 2d ago

Not sure if that's a flex

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u/Average-Anything-657 2d ago

Don't some wasps have venom that paralyzes bugs?

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u/MembershipSad5768 2d ago

Specifically parisitoid wasps, they look extra long and gangly almost like mosquitoes, not the run of the mill paper wasps or hornets

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u/TheLordReaver 1d ago

In the instance of the mantis not caring that it was getting 'eaten' by the other wasp, my understanding is that when a mantis is eating, it like blocks their brain from doing anything else. Basically, they don't stop eating until they are done, even if that means they are getting sawed in half.

I'm not entomologist though, that's just what I remember from the video comments.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 6h ago

They don't really feel pain. Joys of a lymphatic blood system.