I recently stepped outside my front door to find a preying mantis hanging out. I left it alone. When I came back a few hours later it was still there, but it was headless. Took me a second to realize it was missing it’s head. Guess he got laid whole I was gone, lol.
What's up?
Submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Speculater@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Like when your best friend has a new crush.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Those are female mantis
cactus_head@programming.dev 3 months ago
Good for them
rockerface@lemm.ee 3 months ago
so… no head?
LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is what happens when you think with your “other” head
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fun fact, turns out they only decapitate matrs while under stress from the environment, which includes being observed apparently.
For decades, Researchers thought it was the default behavior and were wrong. Feels bad.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Wait…is someone watching us?
Nooooooooo, nonono, absolutely not. Trust me honey I have very good eyesight and I can’t seAAAAAAHHHHH
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Funny how this and the alpha wolf research are both extremely popular, but are actually just bad science.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
So…preying mantii are quantum?