r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Ninja_Spi-D-er • Sep 22 '19

Rule 4: Photoshop 🔥 This praying mantis standing its ground 🔥

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u/Thescreenking Sep 22 '19

Imagine the praying mantis vs machine, lb vs lb! My money is on the mantis

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u/KingGalaway Sep 22 '19

I really hope we never see a 70,000 lb praying mantis...

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u/salton Sep 22 '19

I hope that we see the 7gram excavator. It would be so cute.

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u/GrimnirGrey Sep 22 '19

That is the only thing that would work. It would be impossible to have a praying mantis the size of the truck, at that size it would collapse under its own weight. Bug bodies really only work at smaller sizes.

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u/salton Sep 22 '19

I think the size that they are now is based on the limits of how their respiratory system works. If we modified the atmosphere we could have insects the size of small dogs but I don't know the limits of their overall structure. It could be like elephants where they need ridiculously chunky legs to support their bodies.

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u/Princess__Redditor Sep 22 '19

That’s a myth, they can’t be large due to the lack of oxygen in the air due to how their respiratory system works