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Praying mantis
Crazy in love: Why some animals eat their mates
Moss mantis Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) mantid mantid Mantid (Mantis religiosa).
Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
How the praying mantis hunts its prey
Quizzes
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination
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Crazy in love: Why some animals eat their mates
Love can be a dangerous game.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How the praying mantis hunts its prey
The predatory behaviour of praying mantises (or mantids).
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Praying mantis
A close-up of a praying mantis during a rain shower.
© Joe Balynas
Moss mantis
A camouflaged moss mantis (Haania confusa).
© Simon Shim/Shutterstock.com
Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
An orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) of the Malay peninsula blends in...
E.S. Ross
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Mantid (Sphodromantis gastrica).
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
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As all mantids are ferocious carnivores, "preying" rather than "praying" may better...
© Index Open
Mantid (Mantis religiosa).
Lia E. Munson/Root Resources
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