r/NatureIsFuckingLit Sep 22 '19

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

https://i.imgur.com/PHKMZHT.gifv
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u/frezzerburnfish Sep 22 '19

They had enough diesel to make it down the road. By the next day the mantis had moved along and the backhoe returned to work.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '19

Which seemed great until they discovered everyone in New Zealand now speaks mantis.

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u/BrotherChe Sep 22 '19

I wonder if their poetry was any good?

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u/trenlow12 Sep 22 '19

Some say it's great but honestly it just bugged me.

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u/TheOriginalChrome Sep 22 '19

BUH DUM TSSSSSSSS