killer mantis (not grasshopper - -' ) (violent little creature)

notice how it shakes its whole body a little bit

also take a look at its head, so funny!

then towards the end, it shakes its body even more, then it attacked me! seems like shaking is to build a momentum or something before jumping.

can't really see in the video, but it jumped to my hand, it was so scarry making me screamed like a girl.

from wikipedia "If harassment persists, a mantis may then strike with its forelegs and attempt to pinch or bite."

but this one, it jumped on me!

"Mantises, like stick insects, show rocking behaviour in which the insect makes rhythmic, repetitive side-to-side movements. Functions proposed for this behaviour include the enhancement of crypsis by means of the resemblance to vegetation moving in the wind. However the repetitive swaying movements may be most important in allowing the insects to discriminate objects from the background by their relative movement, a visual mechanism typical of simpler animals. Rocking movements by these generally sedentary insects may replace flying or running as a source of relative motion of objects in the visual field."


*edit* apparently, it's not a grasshopper, it's a 'mantis'

whoa!!!!! just knew about the difference.

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[BunchesOHoney]

l0lz thats hilarious, but why does it like, start rocking bak n forth right b4 it attacks every time???? but 4real those things scare meh

[JoeCapricorn]

Got to be the funniest reaction to hopping mantis I ever saw!

I wonder what species it is... I have a couple mantises similar in appearance to this, they are cute and very curious. They love to hop.

[QueenSemiramis]

lol

[JazzyTeon]

o'on wa

[nuujoy]

เอ่อ...ชรค้าบบบ... เพิ่งเห็นชื่อที่ตั้งเป็นหัวข้อ มันต้องเรียกว่า mantis มะช่ายหรอ พันธุ์นี้อะ - -'

[nuujoy]

ไม่จับมาเลี้ยงอะ น่ารักดี กบ kero kero pee....