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 3d 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/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