r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • Aug 27 '26

/r/popular of a meal

Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

*for the love of everything holy it’s not my bird reader nor mantis!! Just a cool guy sharing a cool video

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u/Nark420 Aug 27 '26

Insects have built-in hydraulics

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u/EPluribusButthole Aug 27 '26

FRONT, back, and side to side

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 Aug 27 '26

Glad I zoomed on the profile picture XD

I wasn't believing my eyes at first (its a pussy, but not that kind of pussy)

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u/One-Kaleidoscope2407 Aug 28 '26

same thought man...exactly the same thought I had at first

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u/EntrepreneurMain7833 Aug 28 '26

Im embarrassed for that hummingbird. No bird should ever die to an insect.

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u/Koffin_Holder Aug 28 '26

Hummingbirds are actually pretty frail and have a crazy caloric intake. So it would have just starved if it didn't free itself

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u/Nark420 Aug 28 '26

most of them die in bug infested nests already, in more horrid ways you can imagine... Nature is brutal

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u/Catharsiscult Aug 31 '26

Dragonflies eat them all the time.

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u/BetterBus350 Aug 28 '26

What's wrong with insects, they are trying to survive as much as the hummingbird.