soft-shell turtles also cannot escape the deadly speed and precision the praying mantis one at a time thing tactics blending in mantises who live on the ground are spotted graham Brown to blend in with rocks sewer while those entries are camouflaged to mimic leaves flowers twigs for bar this camouflage allows them to sneak in perceptive towards their prey stocking like a cat word lying in wait near flowers that insects are likely to visit and the Mantis buys its prey with the pair large compound eyes made up to 10,000 miniaturize of humans have two eyes to distinguish of our way an object is but the eyes the Mantis are too close together for such depth perception to compensate mantises he really sway their heads back and forth measuring precisely how their target moos against background these brilliant unblinking predators can even turn their heads backwards to seamlessly track prayin any direction and once the mantis is on the hunt all of these elements come into play closely creeps toward intended victims until it's within striking range because beneath it swims hi dead weapons Rosa sharp spikes ready to spirit spray the Mantis lashes out its front legs in unbelievable speed unleashing a forceful strike there in only 120 a sec twice as bad enough the long spikes in its legs easily pierced through it pinned its victims want them it is a damn grip on its prey it begins to slowly choose often while the phrase still alive its mandibles a strong and sharp enough to cut human flesh after it finishes its me the killers clearly grooms itself like a cat nibbling at spines much like we might clean steak knives the most mantises are also cannibalistic females are notorious for devouring males while mating I'll however such sexual cannibalism seems uncommon and usually happens when a female the starving the lethal strikes have the Mantis have been an inspiration the deadliest creatures evolve few minutes entire styles of kung fu copy the train with martial artist mimicking the dances in attack this natural born killer