Why a praying mantis always seems to stare at you

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @bg3841
    @bg3841 5 месяцев назад +34223

    Imagine a mantis trying to explain that hes not creepy for staring at you. He's just always staring at everything.

    • @yazey91
      @yazey91 5 месяцев назад +262

      Creepyyyyy

    • @TheTrueDemonKing
      @TheTrueDemonKing 5 месяцев назад +280

      ​@@yazey91 you're creepy

    • @rohithkumarbandari
      @rohithkumarbandari 5 месяцев назад +249

      He's not staring at anything. It's just the reflection, or lack there of it.

    • @A3urden0nU
      @A3urden0nU 5 месяцев назад +164

      All mantis’ would be emo af… “I’m so misunderstood.”

    • @sleepycritical6950
      @sleepycritical6950 5 месяцев назад +171

      “No officer I’m not staring at this person creepily, I just happen to be staring at everyone.” Is an excuse that unfortunately we can never use.

  • @techbro_4309
    @techbro_4309 5 месяцев назад +53986

    The straw example explained it perfectly 👌

    • @jasperzzzzzzzzz
      @jasperzzzzzzzzz 5 месяцев назад +771

      it really did! i got it so quick once i saw that but was a bit lost before lol

    • @aste4949
      @aste4949 5 месяцев назад +264

      Yeah, it helped me understand it too. The light fooled me, I thought they had pupils of some kind 😅

    • @mfsusanoo7238
      @mfsusanoo7238 5 месяцев назад +34

      Right!

    • @MarvelsScreamSimp
      @MarvelsScreamSimp 5 месяцев назад +98

      It didn't make any sense at all

    • @thegreatpugtato
      @thegreatpugtato 5 месяцев назад +200

      ​@@MarvelsScreamSimpa bit slow eh?

  • @SageDaRage
    @SageDaRage 5 месяцев назад +8109

    Love that they recognized someone’s fear, broke it down into science, and then reinforced it again 😂

    • @robertkarp2070
      @robertkarp2070 4 месяца назад +459

      Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

    • @tarajoyce3598
      @tarajoyce3598 4 месяца назад +74

      😂 so on point with that comment😂

    • @trueblueflare
      @trueblueflare 4 месяца назад +8

      I mean they are always watching, they're attentive little fvcks, and very humorously will try to pick a fight with a human given the chance, as has happened to me before.

    • @shimmershine6902
      @shimmershine6902 4 месяца назад

      I’ll be damned if I walk around life being afraid of this dumb ass grasshopper 😤

    • @Edwin-iw8gb
      @Edwin-iw8gb 4 месяца назад +23

      Lol

  • @andreamallery8999
    @andreamallery8999 2 месяца назад +505

    What did the male Praying Mantis say before leaving the bar?
    "May as well stay & have another....
    Wife's gonna chew my head off when I get home anyway" 😂

    • @pamelawhite8608
      @pamelawhite8608 Месяц назад +9

      LOVE THIS😂

    • @wrenic_angel
      @wrenic_angel Месяц назад +1

      @@andreamallery8999 i love it

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround Месяц назад +1

      😂 so funny! Haha

    • @Cow1337Saver
      @Cow1337Saver 28 дней назад

      if the females full (full of food)she's way less likely to do that to the male.

    • @profitnadeem
      @profitnadeem 27 дней назад +3

      How bout a guy told me this tonight after serving him 6 double shots

  • @Ferryman_n
    @Ferryman_n 4 месяца назад +4733

    The mantis isn't tracking you...
    Or is it? *Vsauce music plays*

    • @SaraevKS1985
      @SaraevKS1985 4 месяца назад +58

      It's tracking everything in sight. Almost 360° around.

    • @thanos8914
      @thanos8914 4 месяца назад +20

      Thank goodness this isn’t cronenberg world

    • @Zubigri
      @Zubigri 4 месяца назад +15

      Moon men

    • @LITTLEgiiant
      @LITTLEgiiant 4 месяца назад +17

      I can hear the music

    • @YophiSmith
      @YophiSmith 4 месяца назад +7

      Man, don’t do that! 😂 Now Moon men is playing in my head

  • @suchomimustenerensis5302
    @suchomimustenerensis5302 5 месяцев назад +2406

    The way that they turn their heads to look at you just gives them so much personality compared to most insects.

    • @armaldoaster97
      @armaldoaster97 5 месяцев назад +268

      That's because Mantises are one of the only insects capable of turning their heads 180 degrees!

    • @BanHammerFiend
      @BanHammerFiend 5 месяцев назад +40

      ​@@armaldoaster97 neat fact

    • @wilcoxway
      @wilcoxway 5 месяцев назад +147

      Fun fact: They turn their heads to look at things of interest with their three additional eyes in the middle of their head. These three eyes see in better resolution with enhanced depth perception.

    • @EnchWraitsMusic
      @EnchWraitsMusic 5 месяцев назад +106

      @@wilcoxway No, those three are actually worse "resolution" but can detect movement from further away.

    • @alexmoran7886
      @alexmoran7886 5 месяцев назад +33

      Are we really saying that the part you might mistake for a nose is actually more eyes? Wicked

  • @neimel06
    @neimel06 5 месяцев назад +4152

    That "Doesn't mean it isn't watching" gave me chills.

    • @SunbathinginAntarctica
      @SunbathinginAntarctica 4 месяца назад +149

      Then it pauses and turns it's head
      "You talkin' to me?"

    • @obokengm788
      @obokengm788 4 месяца назад +52

      Fr 😢 I went from slightly freaked out, to relieved, to straight paranoid

    • @SheilaPatterson
      @SheilaPatterson 4 месяца назад +71

      Be grateful they aren’t larger than they are

    • @ABluBlunt
      @ABluBlunt 4 месяца назад +12

      That have me chills duurrrr dur

    • @zerosaber257
      @zerosaber257 4 месяца назад +8

      ​@@SheilaPattersonthey probably are in... Austria

  • @lightcastwithsimonakinlabi
    @lightcastwithsimonakinlabi 2 месяца назад +120

    So…it may not be watching, but it may be watching still!😅
    Thank you for explaining such complex optics with simple words ❤

  • @EnzoDraws
    @EnzoDraws 5 месяцев назад +1948

    The straws explanation is the best example you could've used!

    • @abzuwaters
      @abzuwaters 5 месяцев назад +6

      ! That was fun

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      It’s wrong😂

  • @johnnymurray6275
    @johnnymurray6275 3 месяца назад +1187

    1. Beautiful intelligent creatures
    2. Excellent info on their eye functions
    3. OF COURSE! They are watching you! It’s not even a question!!! PERIOD!

    • @Gerald0613
      @Gerald0613 3 месяца назад +22

      If these are beautiful to you I don't know what you consider creepy

    • @Moonlight-96
      @Moonlight-96 3 месяца назад +17

      They are beautiful and their existence goes beyond insects 👉👽. There are 👽 beings that have this form in real life.

    • @JonathanReidMillican
      @JonathanReidMillican 3 месяца назад +2

      Haha article 207

    • @markscott6414
      @markscott6414 3 месяца назад +2

      Labour politicians…..

    • @irritatedkitty7301
      @irritatedkitty7301 3 месяца назад

      They stab hummingbirds. I just found that out when setting up my feeder. So it's not close to anything this thing could be on and stab those birds.

  • @ytkatz
    @ytkatz 5 месяцев назад +2547

    Honestly, the fact that they're watching everything, ALL the time is more terrifying than following me around.

    • @JesusPlsSaveMe
      @JesusPlsSaveMe 5 месяцев назад +49

      Jesus is calling you today. Come to him, repent from your sins, bear his cross and live the victorious life

    • @creeperlamoureux
      @creeperlamoureux 5 месяцев назад +120

      ​@@JesusPlsSaveMe there are no gods and there are no satans.

    • @tysonbeighss
      @tysonbeighss 5 месяцев назад

      @@creeperlamoureux Money, media, government, abortion, Hollywood, celebrities, and/or other worldly creations are gods to many. Others worship themselves and other humans.

    • @dominickeijzer5844
      @dominickeijzer5844 4 месяца назад

      ​@@JesusPlsSaveMeGuess it must be a booty call.

    • @sk818factory5
      @sk818factory5 4 месяца назад +21

      ​@@creeperlamoureux ohhhhhhhhhhh ok nice evidences. Gotta believe you bud

  • @vickimatthis6527
    @vickimatthis6527 2 месяца назад +3

    They are Beautiful. 😊

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 5 месяцев назад +3852

    So if I'm on the left and a friend is on the right, its eyes would appear to be both looking to the left and right directly at each of us. Neat

    • @realscience
      @realscience  5 месяцев назад +692

      Yep!

    • @smusky4643
      @smusky4643 5 месяцев назад +131

      Fursuit moment

    • @MrJoeDone
      @MrJoeDone 5 месяцев назад +296

      Even better when you use a mirror, because it will seem to look at you directly and in the mirror at the same time

    • @skyesfallenxx
      @skyesfallenxx 5 месяцев назад +43

      ​@@MrJoeDoneWow that sounds awesome, I really want a preying mantis now 😅

    • @slowbro1337
      @slowbro1337 5 месяцев назад

      @@smusky4643 FACT!!!

  • @MisterDutch93
    @MisterDutch93 5 месяцев назад +351

    That was such a good way of explaining how the pseudo-pupil works. I never really thought about how it follows you around, but the straws made me understand immediately!

    • @AlexanderBrown77
      @AlexanderBrown77 4 месяца назад +2

      1 Peter 1 KJV ✝️🩸
      23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
      24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
      25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
      1 Corinthians 15 KJV
      1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
      2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
      3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
      4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

    • @TheAmmolite
      @TheAmmolite 4 месяца назад +6

      ​​@@AlexanderBrown77Mthf we're talking about a long green arthropod with funny eyes.

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад +1

      But it’s not how it works…

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад +1

      There’s no optical illusion occuring

  • @theresaquidi
    @theresaquidi 4 месяца назад +256

    Oh they watch you! Curiously smart little creature. Had a little guy tilt its head as I moved around and spoke to it. It was so darling.

    • @presidenttnediserp428
      @presidenttnediserp428 3 месяца назад +4

      You're weird.

    • @blehh_mae
      @blehh_mae 3 месяца назад +30

      ​@@presidenttnediserp428 bugs are cool and interesting as hell idk you seem boring rather than them being weird really

    • @presidenttnediserp428
      @presidenttnediserp428 3 месяца назад +10

      @blehh_mae
      Bugs are definitely cool and definitely interesting as hell, I know because I like to catch, film, and then release them at my job, which is close to a huge field of grass. My comment about being weird was a compliment not an insult. I prefer weird over square, don't you?

    • @raykarpp
      @raykarpp 3 месяца назад +20

      ​@@presidenttnediserp428good explanation then, so as a compliment.
      You're weird.

    • @carolharris2357
      @carolharris2357 2 месяца назад +7

      I got one every year that hangs around.

  • @jenhaze
    @jenhaze 3 месяца назад +1

    You’ve got this bb girl! Keep us up to date on your future plans!!

  • @gibbsisawesome
    @gibbsisawesome 4 месяца назад +1217

    I always loved the fact that praying mantises had "pupils" that looked around at you. It made their faces expressive in a way other bug faces aren't.

    • @BeetleOpossum
      @BeetleOpossum 4 месяца назад +71

      I always thought it was kinda cute in a weird way. They're so weird.

    • @LEFTARMOND
      @LEFTARMOND 4 месяца назад +10

      ​@@BeetleOpossumI have always thought the same. It looks like it should make the same noise as the cats from puss in boots.

    • @brexitgreens
      @brexitgreens 4 месяца назад +2

      _Mantes,_ not _mantises._

    • @gibbsisawesome
      @gibbsisawesome 4 месяца назад

      @brexitgreens "Ummmm, ACTUALLY..." 😂 Both are correct, you pretentious pseudo-intellectual.

    • @VinVin_31
      @VinVin_31 4 месяца назад

      @@brexitgreens
      Eat poo poo

  • @marlesimms
    @marlesimms 4 месяца назад +762

    I get so excited when I see a mantis. What an absurdly beautiful animal

    • @SIPEROTH
      @SIPEROTH 4 месяца назад +15

      It's an insect not an animal.

    • @klownofkether6996
      @klownofkether6996 4 месяца назад +102

      @@SIPEROTHinsects are actually a part of the animalia classification

    • @gagaplex
      @gagaplex 4 месяца назад +67

      ​@@SIPEROTH Well, it doesn't look like a fungus to me.

    • @Grover91
      @Grover91 4 месяца назад +10

      ​@SIPEROTH really?😂 you really believe that?

    • @JeffBostick222
      @JeffBostick222 4 месяца назад +5

      Aliens exist. Mantis, octopi, cephalopods, centipedes. Facts! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @elizabethmjjones
    @elizabethmjjones 5 месяцев назад +404

    Its actually creepier withOUT the pupil.

    • @laughing_girl07
      @laughing_girl07 4 месяца назад +21

      What gets me is when there is none and then suddenly it's there

    • @hazakurasuyama9016
      @hazakurasuyama9016 4 месяца назад +16

      True, the pupils actually make it one of the less creepy types of bugs

    • @alexivrsn8459
      @alexivrsn8459 4 месяца назад +8

      I was looking for this comment! 😭😭

    • @eho6380
      @eho6380 4 месяца назад +2

      We are evolved to fear the unknown, like living things that do not resemble us, like bees who got no pupils.

    • @manender1020
      @manender1020 27 дней назад

      Because its eyes are shaped weirdly, even compared to other insects

  • @backitup5954
    @backitup5954 2 месяца назад +6

    I’ve seen cicadas with similar “pupils” in their eyes.

  • @nellosnook4454
    @nellosnook4454 5 месяцев назад +456

    1. I’ve always thought the praying mantis is one of the coolest creatures on the planet.
    2. Terrifying & beautiful at the same time.

    • @DrVeryStrange
      @DrVeryStrange 5 месяцев назад +8

      Great, now imagine a praying mantis the size of a praying buddha, ie, size of a human. You'll be even more terrified

    • @alexmoran7886
      @alexmoran7886 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@DrVeryStrangeno that's comforting because they probably won't want humans after learning we are not worth the risk to eat lol but we'd have backup if giant insects started attacking

    • @IgnitionP
      @IgnitionP 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@alexmoran7886well mosquitoes have bit us for ages but still do

    • @ForsakenBloxxer
      @ForsakenBloxxer 5 месяцев назад +1

      Besides, cockchafer beetle is also a cool bug

    • @SynKronik
      @SynKronik 5 месяцев назад

      Makes reports of cloaked mantis beings or otherwise UFO related ones very interesting accounts

  • @ZenriqueFS
    @ZenriqueFS 4 месяца назад +597

    Ok, the practical explanation with straws was genius move.

  • @guilhermerafaelzimermann4196
    @guilhermerafaelzimermann4196 5 месяцев назад +139

    Imagine if mantis from kung fu panda had eyes like that, and they had a gag where the characters thought he was staring them down, but couldn't agree on who he was staring down because everyone thinks he's staring at them

    • @BaedekerBat
      @BaedekerBat 3 месяца назад +5

      Missed opportunity with that one

    • @tubbygubbler
      @tubbygubbler Месяц назад +1

      i love that you thought of this. now i wanna see that hahaha

    • @Airin258
      @Airin258 28 дней назад

      That's neat but it would be constantly staring in camera. Which is very cool, but kinda creepy for entire film mood set...

    • @tardybloomer
      @tardybloomer 26 дней назад

      that would’ve been such a good running gag

  • @shanegarcia5963
    @shanegarcia5963 2 месяца назад

    Oh it’s much comforting to know that it doesn’t have just one tiny black dot for a pupil it actually has hundreds of little eyes looking at everything at once. Much better.

  • @greeenjeeens
    @greeenjeeens 5 месяцев назад +315

    That was a fantastic explanation, thank you! Mantises are awesome, and I love the interaction they give by following you with their head, they are so highly visual.

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      It’s a wrong explanation, there is no optical illusion occurring here.

    • @greeenjeeens
      @greeenjeeens Месяц назад

      @@jappish What is the correct explanation?

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      @@greeenjeeens The straw example is perspective-based, the movement of the ”dark straws” is based entirely on your perspective and the straws don’t move. The ”mantis pupil” is completely different as it tracks your movement and moves independently. The black dot you see has nothing to do with your perspective, it’s actively moving on it’s own and tracking you. The two are completely unrelated and the straw example was an awful one.

    • @greeenjeeens
      @greeenjeeens Месяц назад

      @@jappish If the mantis moves and I remain still, or the mantis remains stil and I move, we are both moving relative to each other in either case. Am I missing something?

    • @Lovemoneyabundance
      @Lovemoneyabundance Месяц назад

      @@jappish so would that mean that we could look at the eye of the mantis from the side but yet the black dot would be facing forward. Or even actively moving and not following us, if something else caught its attention. If so, thanks for teaching me. Another new thing I learned for the day

  • @Joseph_yy
    @Joseph_yy 4 месяца назад +457

    “ The praying mantis is so eerie”
    The praying mantis: 😗

    • @roglogo
      @roglogo 4 месяца назад +8

      Awww

  • @trippyinsomniac3667
    @trippyinsomniac3667 5 месяцев назад +284

    Personally their lil pupils are part of what makes me like them so much! Imagining their eyes without them would make mantis way scarier in my opinion 😂

    • @friendlyrando4092
      @friendlyrando4092 5 месяцев назад +19

      Agreed. Now imagine it fighting a bird blind with great precision. Lol

    • @viciouslysilent
      @viciouslysilent 4 месяца назад +17

      Without those "eyes" the Mantis will truly look alien 👽 😅

    • @Lifesizemortal
      @Lifesizemortal 4 месяца назад +5

      they're adorable

    • @Pinkblack-r9g
      @Pinkblack-r9g 4 месяца назад +1

      You don’t know if the pray mantis is doing it on purpose or not. Did you happen toask the Mr mantis if is he? No

  • @GeorgeanneCharlos-jm6py
    @GeorgeanneCharlos-jm6py 2 месяца назад +1

    Fascinating, dear Watson..... it really is.
    Praying Mantis' seem to be intelligent.

  • @GhostGayle
    @GhostGayle 5 месяцев назад +151

    That straw demonstration was perfect that’s actually so cool

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      How can it be perfect when it’s utterly wrong

  • @ethansexton2590
    @ethansexton2590 4 месяца назад +17

    Yooooooo I’ve never heard anything so new and so well explained like this! Thanks!

  • @salmanalqahtani6943
    @salmanalqahtani6943 5 месяцев назад +210

    Wow the straw analogy was perfect

  • @christina4237
    @christina4237 2 месяца назад

    They are so beautiful and captivating!

  • @edwardward9092
    @edwardward9092 3 месяца назад +69

    Mantis: I'm looking at your past,present, and future I can see before you do it when you do it and after you do it pal 👀👁️😬

    • @Kalle227
      @Kalle227 Месяц назад

      Many would be surprised

    • @YungSouljaOfLove
      @YungSouljaOfLove 28 дней назад

      U can see the future??
      U must be a psycho!🙃

  • @tomcat3360
    @tomcat3360 5 месяцев назад +106

    Fantastic analogy with the straws! Brilliant. You’re such a great educator. ❤

    • @powderedtoastfacekillah734
      @powderedtoastfacekillah734 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah the straws perfectly illustrated it for me

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      It’s completely wrong😂 There’s no optical illusion occuring here. You’re not the sharpest tool huh

    • @MelonEusk
      @MelonEusk Месяц назад

      @@jappish Aw, someone doesn’t seem to know the definition of an optical illusion. You poor soul.

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      @@MelonEusk There is genuinely no optical illusion occuring in the video. My statement is an objective fact, not quite sure how that makes me a poor soul who doesn’t know the definition of an optical illusion.

    • @MelonEusk
      @MelonEusk Месяц назад

      @@jappish It’s also an objective fact that you have no idea what you’re talking about too. Why don’t you graduate school first before proving your stupidity online child.

  • @Cherrybomb510
    @Cherrybomb510 4 месяца назад +446

    They're not eerie, they're beautiful. 💚💚💚

    • @charliesaucier3352
      @charliesaucier3352 4 месяца назад +13

      Love the Praying Mantis!

    • @styxmin
      @styxmin 4 месяца назад +12

      And cute

    • @AngstG
      @AngstG 4 месяца назад +15

      they're harmless & cool to watch...

    • @PhilipGermani
      @PhilipGermani 4 месяца назад +12

      Agreed. What a magnificent creature.

    • @johnanderson6946
      @johnanderson6946 4 месяца назад +4

      @@AngstG lol \tell that to spiders

  • @limbothelost7685
    @limbothelost7685 2 месяца назад

    Mantises are eerie? I find them adorable! I love them so much! ❤ They are so smart and can be surprisingly affectionate. ❤

  • @DudeInADinoOnesie
    @DudeInADinoOnesie 5 месяцев назад +1395

    Their little fake pupils make them look so cute

    • @alexmoran7886
      @alexmoran7886 5 месяцев назад +53

      You're......well you aren't "wrong" but that's a weird way to be cute, even for me

    • @clintelkins9630
      @clintelkins9630 5 месяцев назад +61

      Bombastic side eye
      Criminal offensive side eye

    • @Nvbo_
      @Nvbo_ 5 месяцев назад

      Smash or pass the fucking praying mantis
      DON’T LIE

    • @marcoottina654
      @marcoottina654 5 месяцев назад +17

      Those fake "side looks" while eating suggest me some "you'll be next" thoughts...

    • @bluyu
      @bluyu 5 месяцев назад +7

      That's... Maybe debatable, but I won't outright disagree

  • @derBene
    @derBene 4 месяца назад +14

    Great video. No nonsense, straight to the point and even with an on point example for the explanation. All the best for this channel.

  • @clemm1248
    @clemm1248 5 месяцев назад +86

    if the preying mantis was human sized it would be as scary as a Xenomorph

    • @tristanhunt6375
      @tristanhunt6375 4 месяца назад +26

      Nah it'd be scarier😂 at least the xenos kill us out right or the chestburster pain only lasts a few seconds, but this thing would eat us alive

    • @solracstormhunter3023
      @solracstormhunter3023 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@tristanhunt6375 *Head first 😅

    • @naamadossantossilva4736
      @naamadossantossilva4736 4 месяца назад +4

      Nah,it would die crushed by its own weight.If it survived that it would suffocate because it lacks lungs.And even if it somehow survived it would still be a weak bitch because its body lacks muscle mass.

    • @adamsharp9081
      @adamsharp9081 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@naamadossantossilva4736 exactly nobody applies actual physics to these thoughts things are they the way they survive best already

    • @alexmelendez2180
      @alexmelendez2180 4 месяца назад

      ​@adamsharp9081 if it's exoskeleton evolved along with it and the geographical area was in their favor I think they would be fine lol bugs dont have muscles are you guys serious?

  • @srisankalpamishra3006
    @srisankalpamishra3006 Месяц назад

    I was fascinated by this particular thing and was looking for the reason behind it from a long time. You have helped me quench my curiosity. I appreciate you for making this short nice video!

  • @doodybird5766
    @doodybird5766 4 месяца назад +119

    My favorite bug ❤
    They're so personable and get tame enough to come to you ❤

    • @LucifersDeathSquad
      @LucifersDeathSquad 4 месяца назад +7

      They bite hard as fuck . It hurts

    • @bobbuilder3414
      @bobbuilder3414 3 месяца назад +5

      I ate this bug in my childhood after watching bear grills & after 2018 i became vegetarian 😅​@@LucifersDeathSquad

    • @taterboob
      @taterboob 3 месяца назад

      When I was a kid, I was on the front porch, and I guess a bunch of mantis eggs had just hatched or something, because there were baby mantises all over the place. I went around picking them up, and putting them on my arms, until I was basically covered in baby mantises. They were super chill, and it was a really cool experience.

    • @cato_2862
      @cato_2862 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@bobbuilder3414💀😭🙏🏻

    • @jaimeknott9884
      @jaimeknott9884 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@LucifersDeathSquadCheck that vibration. I have them as pets and I've never been bitten.

  • @nevernine2961
    @nevernine2961 4 месяца назад +6

    THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GIVE US THIS INFORMATION, MANY OF US LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR WORLD AND YOU ARE TEACHING US JUST THAT, AGAIN THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @ItsMuffinTimePls
    @ItsMuffinTimePls 4 месяца назад +53

    I love mantids, they're such neat bugs! Always excited when I get to see one in the wild

    • @Anon1gh3
      @Anon1gh3 4 месяца назад

      It's extremely hard for Mantis to reproduce because the female always eats the male at every opportunity.

    • @Anon1gh3
      @Anon1gh3 4 месяца назад +2

      Also they get taken over by worms. I can't. I just can't like them.

    • @DocHolliday1851
      @DocHolliday1851 4 месяца назад +1

      I love them too.

    • @bellewhitmire4067
      @bellewhitmire4067 4 месяца назад +4

      ❤ the little baby ones r very cute.. I like how they always look like they r trying to fight u..

  • @curiouslyt2123
    @curiouslyt2123 3 месяца назад +2

    I notice that with a mantis I bring home accidentally after buying mums at the end of one summer. Its eyes were green when it was on the plants but after having it in the house and getting to hold it, I noticed it’s eyes went from green with the tiny black dots staring at me always to being all brown. It didn’t look so creepy and alien like with its eyes being all brown but when I put it pack outside on the plants I bought, it’s eyes went back to being all green, the same color as it’s body and face. I thought that was so cool and wish I caught the transformation from green to brown and back again! I’m guessing their eyes go green to match their body when they are hunting bugs but when they are not they go to brown.

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 4 месяца назад +34

    If you get close enough to a Mantis....
    LADY STOP LOOKING THROUGH MY BEDROOM WINDOW

    • @nct948
      @nct948 4 месяца назад +2

      nice one😂

    • @Xerbat.
      @Xerbat. 4 месяца назад +3

      wtf does this mean

  • @morenteria2988
    @morenteria2988 4 месяца назад +32

    One of my favorite creatures. Beautiful.

    • @thecakeisrotting
      @thecakeisrotting 4 месяца назад +2

      Agreed!! They're so cute to me. Idk why people hate them though :(

    • @sourdrop
      @sourdrop 4 месяца назад

      ​@@thecakeisrotting I think they get a vad rep for the post-coital murder and cannibalism lol

  • @marionmarcetic7287
    @marionmarcetic7287 4 месяца назад +20

    Praying Mantis's Are One Of The Cutest Insects In The World! Shalom And Amen!❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉‼️

    • @142horizon
      @142horizon 3 месяца назад +1

      Only the Jewish mantises say that (while they're🙏Praying of course).
      :D

    • @PigeonsPie1
      @PigeonsPie1 3 месяца назад +2

      NO! They look like SPACE ALIENS!!!!

    • @1badjane493
      @1badjane493 28 дней назад

      ​@@PigeonsPie1......it's all in the Eye of the beholder. Yes , looks Alien but still kind of cute 😊✌🏻

    • @1badjane493
      @1badjane493 28 дней назад

      God never Created " ugly".....but
      mankind has......😢. ✌🏻💚✝️

  • @adamparker5696
    @adamparker5696 Месяц назад

    What a great description of what’s going on there! Thank you ❤

  • @ARedGinger
    @ARedGinger 5 месяцев назад +71

    Nothing looks scarier to me than this. Mantids look terrifying. Sharks have far more life in their eyes. Mantids just catch their prey and whatever part of the body is closest gets eaten. That apparent stare is creepy beyond all else.

    • @Brohan97
      @Brohan97 5 месяцев назад +3

      I love them but mantises are indeed terrifying

    • @processingunit5321
      @processingunit5321 5 месяцев назад +10

      They are kinda scary but for giant apes like us they pose zero threat. So use your size responsibility and respect these little dudes

    • @ARedGinger
      @ARedGinger 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@processingunit5321 I know they are not any real threat other than a quick "ouch" if they bite us but the sheer horror I feel when imagining what their world is like just makes me pray for the kids in "Honey I shrunk the kids".

    • @sat232o
      @sat232o 5 месяцев назад +4

      I love them they provoke zero discomfort to me they are cute at best. Did you see all their coloured variations in their different species ? Such as the orchid mantis and the butterfly one aren't they're cute?
      But on the other hand. I'm scared as hell by big spiders I made nightmares of them

    • @Brohan97
      @Brohan97 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@sat232o orchids are beautiful mantids!

  • @AnonymousDragonWolf
    @AnonymousDragonWolf 5 месяцев назад +14

    I thought they watched you and I felt it made them look more intelligent, like they were maintaining eye contact. Still my favorite insect.

    • @mrsheabutter
      @mrsheabutter 5 месяцев назад

      They do. Pay attention to the video. The eyes moved while the camera stayed still. Don't allow someone else's words and lies cause you to doubt your own eyes. This is called a psyop. Believe them. Not your own eyes...

  • @jean-mariehendricks7399
    @jean-mariehendricks7399 4 месяца назад +16

    One of mu favorite creatures!! Thank you for sharing this about this fascinating critter.

  • @Oceanfarming17
    @Oceanfarming17 3 месяца назад +16

    No matter where we stand, the painting's eyes always seem to be looking right at us. It's like magic!

  • @Mangoo88
    @Mangoo88 4 месяца назад +113

    I used to have praying mantisses. They are such amazing and intelligent creatures. They're like fairies. I could watch them for hours❤

    • @t81773
      @t81773 3 месяца назад +3

      How did you manage to havepraying mantises?

    • @Blurjum2.0
      @Blurjum2.0 3 месяца назад +9

      Predatory fairies.

    • @BelenReyes1972
      @BelenReyes1972 3 месяца назад

      Not really a creature. Each people's perspectives are different.. Lame.. 666..

    • @dangrimes5078
      @dangrimes5078 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@BelenReyes1972It's not a creature? Then what is it?
      The Lame 666 part is interesting also. I wonder what that means.

    • @t81773
      @t81773 3 месяца назад

      @@dangrimes5078 it likely means they worship Satan

  • @So_Toasty
    @So_Toasty 4 месяца назад +8

    I don't find them eerie so much as adorable.

  • @reeseindac4626
    @reeseindac4626 2 месяца назад

    Another example of why real life situations explains perfectly

  • @elodvezer1790
    @elodvezer1790 4 месяца назад +147

    THE STRAWS!!! see how easy it can be! 😅 Thank you 😂

    • @BelenReyes1972
      @BelenReyes1972 3 месяца назад

      Each people's perspectives are different.. Lame.. 666..

    • @MrWaSpY-Trn
      @MrWaSpY-Trn 2 месяца назад

      @@BelenReyes1972 FR💀

    • @raymendkeib6232
      @raymendkeib6232 2 месяца назад

      Exactly 😅

  • @s.k.studio.321
    @s.k.studio.321 5 месяцев назад +12

    Omg I love praying mantises so much they’re so cute😭

    • @brexitgreens
      @brexitgreens 4 месяца назад

      Praying _mantes,_ not _mantises._

  • @kristinanolan2281
    @kristinanolan2281 5 месяцев назад +15

    they're not eerie, they're beautiful 🥺

    • @diegobrando2750
      @diegobrando2750 4 месяца назад

      No they're not eerie, you're right.
      They're *fucking paralyzing*

    • @styxmin
      @styxmin 4 месяца назад

      @@diegobrando2750
      >sees cute kitten
      >i can't move

  • @thekeymaster1329
    @thekeymaster1329 2 месяца назад +1

    They are so cute 💚💚

  • @GoodBoiStuff
    @GoodBoiStuff 5 месяцев назад +17

    Everything with an exoskeleton, except for bees can get out of my face

    • @clockhanded
      @clockhanded 4 месяца назад +5

      You heard it bees. All bees get in their face right now.

    • @AllonKirtchik
      @AllonKirtchik 4 месяца назад +2

      Of all the thousands of species of exoskeleton animals, including tortoises and ladybugs and butterflies, you chose one for your face that has *venom*

  • @jackmeoffer9334
    @jackmeoffer9334 5 месяцев назад +124

    if mantids were 3ft humans would be on the menu

    • @kristenfletcher9827
      @kristenfletcher9827 5 месяцев назад +54

      Or maybe we'd have these things domesticated like wolves. 😂 Little house mantis running around with a collar and tag that says "Princess"

    • @jackmeoffer9334
      @jackmeoffer9334 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@kristenfletcher9827 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @nebulous9280
      @nebulous9280 4 месяца назад +32

      ​@@kristenfletcher9827 I've seen how people handle their insects, and this isn't even farfetched or comical. Someone absolutely would have a 3ft preying Mantis named princess wandering around their house lmao

    • @sexilatinoboi69
      @sexilatinoboi69 4 месяца назад +5

      Guns exist

    • @jackmeoffer9334
      @jackmeoffer9334 4 месяца назад +7

      @@sexilatinoboi69 they would still hunt

  • @Magnanimous17
    @Magnanimous17 4 месяца назад +45

    I think they're beautiful & cute!❤😊

    • @ciceroteixeiradasilva-f1g
      @ciceroteixeiradasilva-f1g 3 месяца назад +2

      Já pensou essa fofura dessa do tamanho família daria pra como mascote?

    • @PigeonsPie1
      @PigeonsPie1 3 месяца назад

      You are just signaling subservience to SPACE ALIENS from another GALAXY

  • @teddyapproved
    @teddyapproved 2 месяца назад

    I rescued an injured mantis and kept it as a pet. It lived almost a year longer than it should have and loved sitting with my son when it ate. I love them. Beautiful and intelligent creatures.

  • @Brettness
    @Brettness 5 месяцев назад +20

    Preying Mantis to his girl: Baby i swear i didnt wanna look at her, i cant control it.

    • @CoracaoAcidental98
      @CoracaoAcidental98 4 месяца назад +6

      *Proceeds to get eaten*

    • @diegobrando2750
      @diegobrando2750 4 месяца назад +2

      Mantis' girl: Damn, that's hot.
      *Bites his head off*

    • @brexitgreens
      @brexitgreens 4 месяца назад

      *>his* 🤦
      It's "she"! _Mantis religiosa,_ not _religiosus._ Even though μάντις is masculine.

  • @Jeebopl91899
    @Jeebopl91899 5 месяцев назад +87

    Their goofy eyes is what makes me love em!

    • @muhammied
      @muhammied 5 месяцев назад +1

      They freak me out 😭

    • @Jeebopl91899
      @Jeebopl91899 5 месяцев назад

      @@muhammied that's OK! 👍

    • @hazakurasuyama9016
      @hazakurasuyama9016 4 месяца назад

      Honestly the only bugs who’s eyes aren’t complete nightmare fuel

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 4 месяца назад

      ​@@hazakurasuyama9016I think dragonfly eyes have a similar effect

  • @carafurry7862
    @carafurry7862 5 месяцев назад +48

    It's always funny to stand behind a mantis. It's bulbus eye clusters can still see you 👀

  • @YXNGNADI
    @YXNGNADI 2 месяца назад +3

    Never noticed this before, but thanks now I notice

  • @EmoShadowDragon14
    @EmoShadowDragon14 5 месяцев назад +75

    #57) I never knew this about praying mantises This is amazing and I like the straw demonstration that was awesome I love learning new facts about animals❤

  • @jbach1738
    @jbach1738 4 месяца назад +22

    I absolutely love these animals. Totally fascinating and completely bad@ss! I never knew this about their eyes. Thank you so much for telling me more about some of my favorite insects.

  • @anna-louiseweston8958
    @anna-louiseweston8958 5 месяцев назад +19

    I find praying mantis very fascinating, I've had plenty of pet ones. 😊

  • @CollectorBlox
    @CollectorBlox 3 дня назад

    Mantis: "I'm always watching you" 🐢🔥🔥

  • @fro1717
    @fro1717 5 месяцев назад +8

    I've always wondered why, I thought I was going crazy! 😅
    Thank you so much! ❤

  • @kaffeemitcola6506
    @kaffeemitcola6506 4 месяца назад +4

    Tolle Erklärung, Dankeschön. Mantiden sind wirklich tolle Tiere. In einer Zoohandlung sind sie immer eng eingesperrt aber in freier Wildbahn sind sie noch eindrucksvoller. Auf Sardinien bin ich in den Bergen auf so viele aufmerksame kleine Kerlchen gestoßen, das hat bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen.

  • @Cheesepuff8
    @Cheesepuff8 5 месяцев назад +47

    I wonder if this evolved because it meant that all animals around it thought it was looking at them

    • @aste4949
      @aste4949 5 месяцев назад +15

      I wonder that too. Pseudopupils happen with compound eyes generally though. So animals who routinely hunt compound eyed prey might not be fooled as easily as we are. A lot of critters see more or different wavelengths than we do too, so now I'm wondering if and how different compound eyes reflect, say, ultraviolet light.

    • @Teuwufel
      @Teuwufel 5 месяцев назад +14

      It's just a side effect of compund eyes. Not everything has a purpose

    • @geekgirl616
      @geekgirl616 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@Teuwufel…how do you know for sure it serves no evolutionary advantage?

    • @geekgirl616
      @geekgirl616 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@tazepatates4805 …ok I never said it couldn’t but you’re just automatically jumping to the conclusion that this feature serves no purpose without really inspecting the details that much at all. Also evolution does tend to get rid of traits when they don’t serve a function. Take all the animals who moved to caves and lost their eyes or their ability to see for example. Eyes are resourcefully expensive to upkeep therefore when they weren’t being used evolution got rid of them or downgraded their capacity to work properly.

    • @geekgirl616
      @geekgirl616 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@tazepatates4805 …lol ok bro based on what evidence?

  • @insertchannel666
    @insertchannel666 Месяц назад

    Good to know. I never thought it was eerie, in fact, I thought about having some mantises as pets! I always thought it was really cool that they were always watching. But I never actually looking into this and why it's a thing. Thank you for sharing!!

  • @Fauna4ever
    @Fauna4ever 4 месяца назад +42

    It's never creeped me out, I have, do and always will be adorable 🥰

    • @Happenstance_music
      @Happenstance_music 4 месяца назад +3

      You always will be adorable? Good for you :)

    • @styxmin
      @styxmin 4 месяца назад +2

      For real, it's just such a cute bug

  • @sealingontheceiling9120
    @sealingontheceiling9120 4 месяца назад +7

    That straw explanation was probably the best analogy I have ever heard

  • @CharlesinTampa
    @CharlesinTampa 4 месяца назад +5

    Always noticed this on my pet mantises... I think it adds a kind of charm.

  • @skyiscoolXD
    @skyiscoolXD 18 дней назад +1

    I will never be able to unsee it

  • @leesquirrel3550
    @leesquirrel3550 4 месяца назад +23

    I love insects. Creeped me out a little when I was a kid. Now at 63 I am fascinated by how the survive. Thank you! ❤❤

    • @LindaB651
      @LindaB651 4 месяца назад

      I'll be 63 in a couple months. Love insects- they are fascinating and amazing creatures.

  • @Froggie-draws
    @Froggie-draws 5 месяцев назад +11

    I fucking love Praying Mantises

  • @chie970
    @chie970 4 месяца назад +32

    "I don't understand..."
    Straws: "Allow me to introduce myself." 😂😂

  • @CRINGE_EDITS_
    @CRINGE_EDITS_ 2 месяца назад +1

    Start: "Damn thats creepy"
    Middle: "Oh thats cool"
    End: "Damn thats creepy"

  • @Weezy_F_Dende
    @Weezy_F_Dende 3 месяца назад +7

    Them straws making my trypophobia go off the charts.

  • @MissMueslie
    @MissMueslie 5 месяцев назад +4

    💚 Thank you for your efforts. I really appreciate it. You are great!

  • @wailingalen
    @wailingalen 5 месяцев назад +4

    Omg thank you for explaining it like that!! It makes so much sense!!!

  • @GolamrezaBagheri
    @GolamrezaBagheri 2 месяца назад +1

    سبحان الله ب یگانه خالق و یگانه آفریدگار بخشنده مهربان ❤❤❤❤از این همه‌خلقت بینظیر ❤❤❤

  • @firesocius9309
    @firesocius9309 5 месяцев назад +12

    Nice defense strategy for preventing seek attacks. Predators would think they've already been spotted.

  • @androzani
    @androzani 5 месяцев назад +14

    Never has a creature looked so terrifying yet so adorable.

    • @JesusPlsSaveMe
      @JesusPlsSaveMe 5 месяцев назад

      To everyone in this chat, Jesus is calling you today. Come to him, repent from your sins, bear his cross and live the victorious life ..

    • @FSP_RAPTOR
      @FSP_RAPTOR 5 месяцев назад

      @@JesusPlsSaveMeschizophrenia

  • @marcelob4132
    @marcelob4132 3 месяца назад +4

    Imagine huge aliens looking like that as some people say... LOL

  • @foundingtitan7
    @foundingtitan7 Месяц назад +1

    The example with the straws was well done

  • @AngelaSmith_1970
    @AngelaSmith_1970 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love their little dot on their eyes 🤣🥰 my mantises still haven’t hatched 🐣 yet and they’re starting to get me worried because they should be full grown by late august at the latest 😅

    • @alexjohnson5238
      @alexjohnson5238 5 месяцев назад

      Are you sure the ootheca was fertilized? They lay them regardless.

  • @realbrickbread
    @realbrickbread 5 месяцев назад +5

    Really good analogy!

    • @jappish
      @jappish Месяц назад

      Awful analogy

    • @realbrickbread
      @realbrickbread Месяц назад

      ​@@jappish no, it's quite good. Do you have a better one?

  • @happmacdonald
    @happmacdonald 4 месяца назад +7

    Really cute footage of mantises. They look chill. 😊

  • @EvaMoritz
    @EvaMoritz 3 месяца назад

    Wow I have never knew that! And I actually know quite a lot of things so well done;) Thank you! What a great explanation!

  • @RStaRaptoR
    @RStaRaptoR 5 месяцев назад +23

    Mantis are cool and smart. Same with dragon flys. Even bees seem kinda smart.

    • @OpiatesAndTits
      @OpiatesAndTits 4 месяца назад

      I love the mantis it’s my favorite insect!

    • @Goldenfish-o5p
      @Goldenfish-o5p 4 месяца назад +4

      Our creator certwinly is intelligent 🙏🏽 all matter so intelligently put together, addems making up of the known universe and all its life forms

    • @Hongobogologomo
      @Hongobogologomo 4 месяца назад

      bees aren't kinda smart, they're straight up sentient.
      they communicate visually and with scent, they have a sort of Morse code they perform with bumbling their bodies around.
      they also live in complex societal communities that rival our own in terms of organization and hierarchy. Hell, they even fire bees who get drunk on fermented honey by chewing their legs off

    • @MikadoYuma
      @MikadoYuma 4 месяца назад

      Bees are so smart that if another bee comes back home drunk from drinking from spoiled flowers they'll either be exiled OR dismembered to death as punishment. Limb from limb. 😰

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 5 месяцев назад +5

    Fascinating.

  • @keeratijirananutwinyu8339
    @keeratijirananutwinyu8339 5 месяцев назад +4

    mantis rn 🍷🗿

  • @tranquilanimaljamlover66
    @tranquilanimaljamlover66 Месяц назад +1

    This is a very informative video.
    Thank you!

  • @DhruveelDave
    @DhruveelDave 5 месяцев назад +4

    " I SEE YOU..."