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🔥 Battle of the Predators: Mantis vs. Scorpion - Witness the Ultimate Showdown of a Deadly Insect vs a Deadly Arachnid! 🦂🦗💥

Whoa! Conehead Mantis! 😲🩷💚 Mantids stalk their prey and pounce on it, grasping it with their raptorial forelegs. Only living prey is selected and it is consumed directly after the catch. The predator orients itself optically, and therefore only takes notice of moving prey. The maximum size of prey which mantids can overwhelm is species-specific and depends on the prey type. On average mantids eat crickets of 50% their own body weight, while cockroaches can weigh up to AWEsome video by @malbaf

⚠ Mantis is a great predator of spiders! #InsectWars #wildlife #amazing #nature | Insect Wars