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    catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives...
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    Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of...
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    incautiously—mantis shrimp have powerful raptorial appendages that are used to attack and kill prey either by spearing, stunning, or dismembering. Some mantis shrimp...
    54 KB (5,820 words) - 22:51, 9 July 2024
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    Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) preying and eating a grasshopper. Subadult female Mantis religiosa molting to its adult stage. European mantis (Mantis religiosa)...
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    themselves in plain view and preying upon pollinating insects that visit the blooms. They are known to grab their prey with blinding speed. This species...
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  • Nikki Craft (born 1949) is an American feminist activist and writer. In 1975, Craft presented the Rockwell International board of directors with "...naked...
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    the spurt of the moment" for "on the spur of the moment" "preying mantis" for "praying mantis" "real trooper" for "real trouper" "ripe with..." for "rife...
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    Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but...
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    facing down to wait for prey, and will eat any insect they can overpower. List of mantis genera and species "Florida Preying Mantids Insecta - Mantodea"...
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    Quan sets feature a "Preying Mantis Pounces on Prey" claw hand posture as well. There are several styles of Northern Praying Mantis, the best known of which...
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    vol. 2 pp.18. Retrieved 2008-02-25. Li Tien-Lai. "Dongjiang Chaujia Preying Mantis". University of Hong Kong - Chinese Martial Arts Club. Retrieved 2008-02-29...
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    fighting Bruce Lee's Kato character in The Green Hornet episode "The Preying Mantis". He played the character Lin Duk Coo in an episode of The A-Team. He...
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    The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) is a species of mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896, this species was accidentally introduced...
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  • boys fall for a substitute teacher who has the aspects of a killer preying mantis. After a biology class, Dr. Gregory is killed by an unseen monster,...
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  • californiensis is a species of mantis shrimp native to the northern Pacific Ocean. H. californiensis is known for smashing prey against rocks using its raptorial...
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    Francis the Praying Mantis is the name of a sculpture depicting a praying mantis. The sculpture is located on the East Meadow in front of the Staten Island...
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  • (8): 710–715. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm156. says, Gabe (2017-02-11). "Preying Mantis eats Asian Hornet". What's That Bug?. Retrieved 2017-07-05. Birkhead...
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    the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, clown mantis shrimp, rainbow mantis shrimp, or simply mantis shrimp, is a...
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    Lichen Mantis, is a species of mantis that was discovered by Gavin Svenson and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 2014. These species of mantis are...
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  • hovering Tick, who is baffled by the concept of love. A video about the preying mantis gives The Tick a very confused idea about sex. 6 "The Big Leagues" Bo...
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