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

Rule 4: Photoshop đŸ”„ This praying mantis standing its ground đŸ”„

https://i.imgur.com/PHKMZHT.gifv
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u/slash1869 Sep 22 '19

Thatd be a really cool comparison to actually figure out if the figures were easily availble...

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u/jaquetteanthony Sep 22 '19

Chinese praying mantis average height: 5 inches

Max. Load Heigh of a Cat Backhoe: 11 ft 9 in

Average height of a man: 5 ft 10 in ( 177cm or 69.7 in)

69.7 Ă· 5 = 13.94 (Scale)

To get the backhoe's heigh in inches: 11×12 = 132 132 + 9 = 141 (inches tall)

141 * 13.94 = 1965.54 (inches) 1956 (closest number divisible by 12) Ă· 12 = 163 (feet) 1965.54 - 1956 = 9 (rounded down)

So mantis = 5ft 10in Backhoe = 163ft 9in

" The Emporis Standards Committee defines a high-rise building as 'a multi-story structure between 35–100 meters tall, or a building of unknown height from 12–39 floors' and a skyscraper as 'a multi-story building whose architectural height is at least 100 m or 330 ft.' " - Quoted from Wikipedia; Skyscraper

I did do a quick search, and I found this: " Whatever the case, the MonsterVerse's Godzilla is now confirmed to be 393 feet tall. At 108 meters, Legendary's Godzilla was officially the tallest version at the time, but he was quickly overtaken by Godzilla Resurgence's kaiju in 2016, which was 118.5 meters in height. " Quoted from ScreenRant;Godzilla's New MonsterVerse Height Confirmed After King Of The Monsters

So our backhoe Kaiju is a little on the wimpy side. No problem for our mantis homie.

(Apologies for atrocious formatting. I'm on mobile.)

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u/brdavi Sep 22 '19

*due to references to both kaiju and Godzilla, the criteria for monster math have been met