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HanabaL03 posted:this is pretty crazy. I heard Reno is so close to hell you can see Sparks.. 
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Praying mantises are bad-rear end.
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Command Ant posted:Praying mantises are bad-rear end. I did a double take on this one. "Woah" I said it quietly as I thought it was just a big moth before I realised what it was but still thought it looked cool. My brain then finished processing exactly what was in the picture. "WOAH"
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Nov 27, 2011 10:18
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Command Ant posted:Praying mantises are bad-rear end. Contemplate the fact that none of us will ever do anything this amazing.
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Nov 27, 2011 14:02
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Nucular Carmul posted:Contemplate the fact that none of us will ever do anything this amazing. Unless you're a massive gently caress-off centipede with a taste for fresh bat. 
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Nov 27, 2011 14:37
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Nov 28, 2011 04:35
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Took a few seconds to figure out what I was looking at, but that's the Thrust SSC, isn't it? The first car to ever break the sound barrier?
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Nov 28, 2011 05:17
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Command Ant posted:Praying mantises are bad-rear end. How does it kill something this big? I always thought they'd catch something smaller and gnaw on them, and something that big doesn't seem like it would go down quickly, no matter how good of a grip the mantis can keep.
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Nov 28, 2011 06:25
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Dr Christmas posted:How does it kill something this big? I always thought they'd catch something smaller and gnaw on them, and something that big doesn't seem like it would go down quickly, no matter how good of a grip the mantis can keep. The answer is instantly. It's not uncommon for a mantis to perform a rapid punch that tears a hole in the bird's heart causing instant cardiac death. They're excellent ambush predators, using camouflage and sudden deadly movements to take down prey several times their own weight.
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Nov 28, 2011 07:11
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Kwyndig posted:The answer is instantly. It's not uncommon for a mantis to perform a rapid punch that tears a hole in the bird's heart causing instant cardiac death. They're excellent ambush predators, using camouflage and sudden deadly movements to take down prey several times their own weight. I kept and bred mantids for a few years and from my experience they just eat their prey to death. Of course I only fed them other arthropods so I can't say how they kill birds but I don't think they can actually kill them by piercing their hearts. I think hummingbirds die from shock pretty easily and I really hope that's what happened because the alternative is pretty horrifying. 
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Nov 28, 2011 09:51
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Kwyndig posted:The answer is instantly. It's not uncommon for a mantis to perform a rapid punch that tears a hole in the bird's heart causing instant cardiac death. They're excellent ambush predators, using camouflage and sudden deadly movements to take down prey several times their own weight. Here is a little article about someone recounting this, with a picture showing exactly what you described. Apparently the forelimbs really can do more than just grab
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Nov 28, 2011 10:00
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So what could a mantis do to say, a human hand?
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Nov 28, 2011 18:40
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It could tear a hole in its heart, causing instant hand death.
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Nov 28, 2011 18:50
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Mustang posted:So what could a mantis do to say, a human hand? Ever see someone fall down on the pointy end of a pencil? 
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Penguingo posted:It could tear a hole in its heart, causing instant hand death. But that would make me a widower! 
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Nov 28, 2011 18:55
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Triple A posted:Can't remember his name, some crazy Baltic-States driver... Anyhoo, 2007 Jim Clark rally, in the Scottish Borders - Barry Johnson at 220KPH:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpx9c3zT6EY
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Nov 28, 2011 19:02
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Great, another bug to be afraid of.
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Nov 28, 2011 19:02
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Mustang posted:So what could a mantis do to say, a human hand? Pinch pretty stoutly, and nibble. It tickles to me. Some of the larger tropical ones can pierce the skin maybe but I've never had the common chinese or carolina mantises inflict any kind of injury.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SH-LEYKzXDg! Man with a jet-pack...thing flies with real jets. I got next.
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Gorilla Salad posted:The lesson here being, "don't be afraid of praying mantises, be afraid of gigantic carnivores." Tigers are truly badass.
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Nov 29, 2011 10:55
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And the scariest big cat isn't the one you see with blood dripping from her teeth It's the one you don't see slowing coming up behind you 
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Nov 29, 2011 13:17
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Gorilla Salad posted:It's the one you don't see slowing coming up behind you I think this Giraffe may agree with you. 
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Nov 29, 2011 17:53
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Gorilla Salad posted:It's the one you don't see slowing coming up behind you What terrifies me is that I sussed out the face immediately but I know that, in the wild, it would already be too late. gently caress I love nature 
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Nov 29, 2011 19:37
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Well, yeah, it's pretty obviously too late if you only see one lion there.
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Nov 29, 2011 21:07
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Penguingo posted:Well, yeah, it's pretty obviously too late if you only see one lion there. holy crap
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Nov 29, 2011 21:22
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Penguingo posted:Well, yeah, it's pretty obviously too late if you only see one lion there. For the life of me I can't see the other lion. Could you circle it?
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Nov 29, 2011 21:38
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VanSandman posted:For the life of me I can't see the other lion. Could you circle it? It's behind you. Also these stairs are pretty badass. 
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Nov 29, 2011 21:46
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Atticus_1354 posted:It's behind you. This sidewalk is pretty badass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw
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VanSandman posted:For the life of me I can't see the other lion. Could you circle it?  "other lions".
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Stoatbringer posted:
I see the main one in the middle, and one off to the right. Where's the third?
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Trig Discipline posted:This sidewalk is pretty badass Jesus Christ. There better be something really awesome at the end of that trail to justify hiking it. Like, an Arby's or something.
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Mr. Pumroy posted:Jesus Christ. There better be something really awesome at the end of that trail to justify hiking it. Even better. Two Arby's.
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FCKGW posted:Even better. Dos Arby's? Cross post from the astronomy thread, but still bad rear end.  if you look closely you can see Earth in this picture.
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HanabaL03 posted:if you look closely you can see Earth in this picture. That's nothing, it's the Earth creeping up behind you that you've got to worry about.
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Mr. Pumroy posted:Jesus Christ. There better be something really awesome at the end of that trail to justify hiking it. Or you could hike it because hiking is fun and that looks like awesome terrain.
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dinozombiesgoRARR posted:That's nothing, it's the Earth creeping up behind you that you've got to worry about. I'm reluctant to post single-emote responses, but drat that was good. 
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dinozombiesgoRARR posted:That's nothing, it's the Earth creeping up behind you that you've got to worry about. "other Earths".
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reddeathdrinker posted:Can't remember his name, some crazy Baltic-States driver... Saliuk from Ukraine Surname and nationality in the rear window. 
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