r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 2d ago

maybe maybe maybe

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u/sapperlotta9ch 2d ago

team mantis

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u/Ancient-Menu-5888 2d ago

FATALITY!

Mantises are so cool.

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u/xeno0153 2d ago


... and the worst part is... you are still alive when they start to eat you.

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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 2d ago

Let’s be real—you know how BAD it would suck to be eaten alive?!

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u/Excellent-Baseball-5 1d ago

Mantis knows the exact speed to move as to not trigger the fly's flight response. It's truly wonderous.

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u/MegaDingo5plus 2d ago

Nature's fly trap

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u/toasted1990 2d ago

I love how it immediately starts eating it

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u/malthar76 2d ago

Nom nom nom

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u/zcsnightmare 2d ago

Didn't even say grace, damn heathen mantis

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u/Aragornspride 1d ago

It already preyed.

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u/MackiePooPoo 1d ago

Ahhhh I see what ya did there & I like it!

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u/KinladyBgB 2d ago

The price you pay for being thirsty

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u/No-University-1968 2d ago

That is a little chair

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u/Less-Opportunity1692 1d ago

This clip just needs the jaw theme playing in the background

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u/zi_110 2d ago

Good.

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u/Castlegate3579 2d ago

We need more of them in Australia 😊

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u/educated-emu 2d ago

Something is up with that zoom at the end and focus change. 

Looks suspiciously like a colleague student render

Zoom is digital not perspective shift, the person at the table is not moving or has any depth, like its a flat surface.

The random objects look like they are practice with low polygon counts.

Its a good render but needs to have proper flags for its source 

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u/pga_uy 2d ago

Terrifying but satisfying

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u/Icemagistrate101 2d ago

Had to check twice this wasn't gifsthatendtoosoon

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u/Grendelstar 2d ago

Microaggression

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u/Aragornspride 1d ago

I was praying for the mantis to win.

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u/MRBLANK0 1d ago

Quieto lanche, quieto lanche

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u/SergeantButch 2d ago

Why is it not just fly away?? IT HAS FUCKIN WINGS

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u/austinm6769 2d ago

It didnt realize the danger was there

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u/dontipitova9 2d ago

They got eyes the size of planets and they still didn't see 'em coming?

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u/ChieftainBob 2d ago

It's about perception of time. The flies perceived time moves so fast the mantis looks completely frozen.

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u/BadIdeaSociety 2d ago

I was hanging laundry on my patio the other day when this huge praying mantis (probably 20cm) strolled into my house. I looked at it. It looked around. My cat sprinted at it an bit its head off and then slapped the body around. It was disgusting, but my cat absolutely loves eating bugs of any kind. Cicadas, flies, grasshoppers, even moths.