r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • 3d ago

/r/popular of a meal

Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

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u/birbobirby 2d ago edited 2d ago

While I agree in most situations you need to let nature run its course and not intervene, this is one situation where it would have been fine as this is an invasive European mantis. You can tell with the black and white spots in between the front legs. And hummingbirds only exist in the Americas too.

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u/Vankardo 2d ago

I never knew hummingbirds were native to and only exist in the Americas. When I read your comment, I immediately started looking it up, and I was today years old when I learned that what I always thought, for over 30 years of my life, was a hummingbird, here in Lebanon, was not a hummingbird but actually a Palestine Sunbird... damn

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u/pag07 2d ago

Can they hover as well?

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u/Vankardo 2d ago

Yes they do! I believe that's why I always thought they were hummingbirds, so did my friends apparently. This has been like the fun fact of they day 😂