A praying mantis slowly approaches a 3D printed model of a wasp before striking. The model is moved using a motor as mantises will ignore static prey (VIDEO)

University of Nottingham

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A praying mantis slowly approaches a 3D printed model of a wasp before striking. The model is moved using a motor as mantises will ignore static prey

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Hallie Rees

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