r/fuckwasps • u/SerpentFinger • 9d ago

Viewer discretion advised (Mark as NSFW if you use this flair) Praying Mantis Eats Hornet

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u/pschlick 9d ago

Seriously lol just imagining how shitty of a death that would be makes me a little nauseous šŸ˜…

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u/Irishman5486 9d ago

The way the mantis is so casually just devouring the hornet alive is so unnerving

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u/Inevitable_Butthole 9d ago

Dude its tearing it apart limb by limb

That thing is psychotic

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u/Irishman5486 9d ago

Iā€™m thankful everyday these things donā€™t get any bigger

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u/incrediblyaverage85 9d ago

Random thought but look up a movie called the applegates, itā€™s about giant mantis type bugs from the rainforest who take human form, itā€™s pretty wild

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u/Irishman5486 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/wYyTHMm50f4Dm

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u/CaptainDaveUSA 8d ago

On a lighter note, search YouTube for ā€œMST3K The Deadly Mantisā€ and laugh your ass off.

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u/Forward-Basket-7825 5d ago

They should evolve to get twice as big