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Praying Mantis Fight

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Praying Mantises are exclusively predatory and their diet usually consists of living insects; larger species have been known to prey on small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents. Most species are known to engage in cannibalism. The majority of mantises are ambush predators, waiting for prey to stray too near. The mantis then lashes out at remarkable speed. Some ground and bark species, however, pursue their prey rather quickly. Prey items are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs ("raptorial legs"); the first thoracic segment, the prothorax, is commonly elongated and flexibly articulated, allowing for greater range of movement of the front limbs while the remainder of the body remains more or less immobile.

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animals / wildlife

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Mantis praying combat fight fighting aggression striking hitting insect grasshopper green antenna locust feeler bug close-up macro carnivore insect fighting no people real time extreme close up close up tracking shot point of view (pov) color natural lighting contemporary interior

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598186
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29.97 FPS
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Duration:
00:00:29,18
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Date Created:
2009 Jan 1
Date Uploaded:
9 Jan 2010
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