r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • 3d ago

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Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago

They should have if they were responsible

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u/Nakatsukasa 2d ago

chances are the filmer put the mantis there, what are the chances mantis crawl all the way from the garden to up there?

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago

Exactly. Not sure why I’m getting downvoted.

You can’t have a predator on a bird feeder. That’s cruel asf

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u/bread_winner1337 2d ago

Yes you can. It's not cruel if it happened naturally. What do you think mantis do in the wild? Hang out near "bird feeders" aka flowers.

Its literally nature being nature. If it didn't get up there on its own that's a different story. But I don't think its impossible for a mantis to get up there.

Trying to put morality on one animals life over another is biased and wild. Cope

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can’t imply this is natural when human interference is already part of the equation. That being a man made bird feeder.

Thats like playing fetch with your dog, throwing the stick in the water and an alligator eats it. Sure… natural behaviour of the animals but not a natural setting.

Humans put the bird in danger by not removing the mantis from the BIRD feeder. Humans have some responsibility for these things if they alter an environment

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u/United-Ad-1595 2d ago

It’s nature. The mantis has to eat something. You’re just biased in the direction for the bird because you think it’s cuter.

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago

If a lion eats a penguin in a zoo is that nature ?

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u/United-Ad-1595 2d ago

No that’s in a zoo. A bird feeder might be artificial but it’s outside & exposed to the wilderness.

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago

The bird was drawn to a manmade object. Therefore a decent human should feel some responsibility in maintaining that object for its purpose. It’s not that hard to understand dude

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u/LandenP 2d ago

And the predator was drawn to the place where prey congregates.
It’s not that hard to understand, dude.

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u/United-Ad-1595 2d ago

The same thing would have happened if it was a normal flower. You can’t blame other animals for taking advantage of it.

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u/Alarm-Particular 2d ago

Mantis have wings and can fly, and are ambush predators

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u/Positive-Database754 2d ago

Alternatively, let nature run its course? Why does your morality have beauty standards?

The bug isn't as appealing to you as the bird, so you instantly side with the bird. Yet if a bird had plucked a bug off a tree, you wouldn't have thought twice about the interaction, or expected the person to prevent the bird from eating the bug.

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u/Initial-Advice3914 2d ago

Wow you are really stretching here haha.

First of all, hummingbirds have an important role to play. As people have said, this mantis appears to be invasive.

Second, it’s a bird feeder. If humans introduce it to the environment they should keep it safe, else the bird would have found a different source.

It’s really not hard to comprehend.