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Some shit is about to go down (imgur.com)

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[–]PepsiColaRapist 84 points85 points ago

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Drug turf wars would be so much better if they took place on a huge island made of drugs.

[–]guninmouth 67 points68 points ago

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Spiders on drugs

[–]Whodini 49 points50 points ago

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I was so disappointed when, about 20% of the way through this, I realized they hadn't actually given the spiders any LSD.

[–]quivering_manflesh 38 points39 points ago

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An actual experiment with spiders on LSD.

[–]SoIWasLike 1 point2 points ago

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That video was great! Thanks!

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    [–]frazaod 5 points6 points ago

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    Spoiler alert.

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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    building webs is for suckers

    [–]1stLtObvious 1 point2 points ago

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    I have saved this for future viewings.

    [–]NofunGrammarbot 17 points18 points ago

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    Jamaican Astroturf.

    [–]Yoyo8 6 points7 points ago

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    Drug wars on island made of drugs.....So Long Suckers and Hello Hollywood!

    [–]itsprobablytrue 2 points3 points ago

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    Is that the name of the movie? Hollywood?

    [–]I_B_Trolling 12 points13 points ago

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    Addiction does lead to friction, within this science fiction-like depiction, for that mantis may just be from Atlantis!

    [–]Antox 28 points29 points ago

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    Some day I hope for a NSFA tag. Not Safe For Arachnophobes. A man can dream.

    [–]abom420 29 points30 points ago

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    I used to be an arachnophobe,

    then I realized they are the number #1 cause of death of mosquitos.

    1 accidental "shit sorry thought you were a skin lamp your warm" vs. 10 - 12 repeated attempts to parasite off my life force of the mosquito?

    sorry, logically it killed my fear. The spider is a noble insect who traps his prey, and kills those who attack us.

    [–]Antox 17 points18 points ago

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    Yeah that's true but phobias are irrational. I live in Ireland so there are literally no poisonous spiders in the country. Yet I still run and squeal like a little girl when I see one.

    [–]ThufirrHawat 33 points34 points ago

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    Are you kidding me? That stuff is propaganda put out by the spiders!

    [–]TheRealPorkChop 71 points72 points ago

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    ಠಠಠಠ_ಠಠಠಠ

    [–]ariheretic 3 points4 points ago

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    NICE TRY, SPIDERS

    [–]Kenect2 2 points3 points ago

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    The spiders would eat us Humans if they were big enough. It is a risky alliance at best. Better to err on the side of caution and squish spiders anyway!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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    Try living in Australia :/

    It's a bit more of a rational fear when you see the size of them (not to mention their poisonousness - is that a word?).

    [–]Osiris32 2 points3 points ago

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    Two words - FUNNEL WEB

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        [–]sarah-sari19 6 points7 points ago

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        I like the way you think.

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          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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          I was thinking an allegory for the conflict in Afghanistan.

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            [–]trot-trot 49 points50 points ago

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            BRING. IT. ON.

            [–]paranerd 36 points37 points ago

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            Come at me bro!

            [–]DeathSpank 7 points8 points ago

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            You know, you guys are making a joke... but little do you know that The Asylum is watching these forums for new movie ideas.

            Giant Spider vs Mega Mantis

            I mean... they did make Mega Python vs. Gatoroid and giant shark vs mega octopus.

            [–]siekwoon 15 points16 points ago

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            It's Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. Fuck. Get your shit straight.

            [–]DeathSpank 3 points4 points ago

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            I'm sorry, I was distracted by the Shark taking down the 747.

            [–]zenslapped 6 points7 points ago

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            Challenge accepted!

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              [–]andbruno 7 points8 points ago

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              More like "I am fabulous!" I mean it is trying to look like a flower, after all.

              [–]Ultimate_Kardas 5 points6 points ago

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              STEVE HOLT!

              [–]SmokedMussels 6 points7 points ago

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              Absolutely beautiful!

              [–]centerbleep 1 point2 points ago

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              oh yes... this is a majestic one! I've had the small brown ones and the large green ones on my hand... lots of those in croatia... and they are NOT AFRAID AT ALL

              [–]AnimusOscura 1 point2 points ago

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              Insect version of COME AT ME BRO

              [–]imafunghi 1 point2 points ago

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              MORTAL COMBAT!!!

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                [–]m4ck 32 points33 points ago

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                Up next on Syfy, SuperSpider vs MegaMantis starring Eric Roberts.

                [–]AcesCharles 5 points6 points ago

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                Nature still a better script writer than the ones who work at Syfy

                [–]rickisen 1 point2 points ago

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                No, she's not better than the writers that wrote Battlestar Galactica. There's nothing that's better than BSG.

                [–]fmyasitch 1 point2 points ago

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                A short snippet of a fight of the two.

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                  [–]Borrid 68 points69 points ago

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                  People who are saying that the spider will win, seriously underestimate the speed of the mantis.

                  [–]TipyTheFertile 43 points44 points ago

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                  One episode of monster bug wars will show you that spiders win every time

                  [–]JK_SLY 24 points25 points ago

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                  Monster bug wars? Is that a real thing?

                  [–]TipyTheFertile 22 points23 points ago

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                  Yep, on the science channel

                  [–]Wosret 5 points6 points ago

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                  Wow, looks like I have a new show to check out!

                  [–]QuaffsNepenthe 9 points10 points ago

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                  r/bugwars

                  [–]Pinslate 1 point2 points ago

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                  But... I wanted to be productive today...

                  [–]Ramalam 1 point2 points ago

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                  Thanks for that, I will most likely not sleep tonight.

                  [–]higgenz 1 point2 points ago

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                  Why do they have to add in screams of pain and terror yeesh makes that shit extra scary.

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                    [–]zeejay11 7 points8 points ago

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                    Actually spiders have an advantage when there is web involved but on the ground they suck....remember scorpion vs spider death match....scorpion tore of one the spider legs and had it for a snack then he went in for the whole meal.

                    [–]0x41 10 points11 points ago

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                    This video begs to differ:

                    Wasp vs. Spider

                    [–]Gozdilla 10 points11 points ago

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                    He meant against a mantis. He was not trying to suggest that the only thing that can kill a spider is another spider.

                    [–]charlie_marlow 7 points8 points ago

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                    I saw a black widow take its time with a wasp trapped in its web. The spider kept darting in to attach web strands to the wasp's abdomen until it had the wasp sufficiently immobilized so that it could move in for the kill.

                    Of course, when I had an 11th floor office with a window, I used to see wasps swoop in and pluck spiders from webs all the time.

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                      [–]STEVEHOLT27 2 points3 points ago

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                      What's it like being wrong?

                      [–]TipyTheFertile 1 point2 points ago

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                      It's pretty indescribable... this is actually the first time I've EVER been wrong, and to be honest I'm taking it pretty hard : /

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                        [–]IHATE_R_ATHEISM 15 points16 points ago

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                        people who say that seriously underestimate the speed of the spider.

                        [–]KazOondo 23 points24 points ago

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                        Nah I'd really have to put my money on the mantis, even if it is counter-intuitive and not exactly a sure thing. Every nature show I've ever seen has taught me that wherever you find mantises, they're pretty much the apex predator among the insects. That's including the nature shows that weren't about bugs at all.

                        [–]atubofpudding 11 points12 points ago

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                        The only instance I saw a mantis lose is when it's against a Japanese giant hornet.

                        Video here.

                        [–]_gmanual_ 11 points12 points ago

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                        bee vs giant hornet.

                        /truly amazing defensive mechanism.

                        [–]Futurames 15 points16 points ago

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                        I don't care what anybody says, honeybees are freaking adorable. So to see a bunch of them charge that hornet made me go "awwww" and "ewwww" at the same time.

                        It's like watching a few hundred kittens go after a wildebeest.

                        [–]EminentBloke 10 points11 points ago

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                        There's something both cute and disturbing about imagining kittens chasing down a wildebeest. I like the picture that you paint with words.

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                        [–]EminentBloke 2 points3 points ago

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                        Add more cats.

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                          [–]John_Wang 7 points8 points ago

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                          I've always wondered about the camera setup they use for videos like this. It seems like they have 30 different angles inside a tiny hive.

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                            [–]donny30489 6 points7 points ago

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                            No warrior deserves that kind of death

                            [–]AccipiterF1 3 points4 points ago

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                            And Jujitsu defeats Kung-fu again.

                            [–]PimpDawg 4 points5 points ago

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                            This is deep. China vs Japan, striker vs grappler. Hornet had a killer bottom game.

                            [–]heart_of_a_liger 1 point2 points ago

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                            The mantis made a big mistake.

                            [–]gosslot 28 points29 points ago

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                            they're pretty much the apex predator among the insects.

                            But Spiders aren't insects. They eat insects. So that doesn't prove anything.

                            [–]KazOondo 49 points50 points ago

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                            Fuck the police.

                            [–]KingBerger14 8 points9 points ago

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                            Police the fuckers.

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                              [–]ffca 1 point2 points ago

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                              Sounds like someone is seriously underestimating the brute strength of the mantis.

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                                  [–]SuperBeast4721 10 points11 points ago

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                                  (mortal kombat voice) Mantis! Spider! Round one! Fight!

                                  [–]GoGoGadge7 8 points9 points ago

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                                  This needs 2 health status bars, the word "FIGHT!" and a lightning bolt.

                                  [–]ZeGermanZurmanMerman 1 point2 points ago

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                                  We need someone with photoshop skills over here!

                                  [–]WillPhotoshop4Karma 109 points110 points ago

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                                  That's nothing...

                                  [–]Arcturus519 19 points20 points ago

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                                  Holy shit a new season is up!!!!

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                                  [–]ForeverTheUnderdog 13 points14 points ago

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                                  3hrs! Thanks for the warning! Better poop now so I can do all the epsiodes in one sitting.

                                  [–]sarty 12 points13 points ago

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                                  Dude, stream it on your smartphone so you can watch while you poop. Protip!

                                  /I mean, not that I do that...

                                  [–]SignatureToke 12 points13 points ago

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                                  Im pooping right now!!

                                  [–]donny30489 5 points6 points ago

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                                  Holy Crap. Me too.

                                  [–]heart_of_a_liger 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I'm crossposting this to /r/ShitsRedditTakes

                                  [–]TeamVlad 1 point2 points ago

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                                  well... this is awkward...

                                  [–]OhSoStickyIcky 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Aw shit! Me too!

                                  [–]OphanTheHateEater 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Relevant... Username?

                                  [–]SignatureToke 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Hmm..have we started a new thing..perhaps we should all join together as the poop group!

                                  [–]reflythis 5 points6 points ago

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                                  These really deserve some kind of English version narration. Possibly by a Brit, for that National Geographic 'authentic educational shit' vibe.

                                  [–]kobebeef24 2 points3 points ago

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                                  I always root against the spiders. Some of these battles make me sad :(

                                  [–]mediocreatleast 8 points9 points ago

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                                  Now I know which insects, and arachnids I'll need to ally with to survive the coming apocalypse.

                                  [–]YggdrasiI 5 points6 points ago

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                                  I just watched a bunch of them and now I have a strange craving for Arby's >.>

                                  [–]grldg 23 points24 points ago

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                                  FUNFACT: Pokemon was created behind the idea of collecting bugs and making them battle each other. themoreyouknowrainbow.jpeg

                                  [–]andbruno 3 points4 points ago

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                                  I remember videos from the 90s that showed vending machines that dispensed beetles for bug fights. Or as pets, I guess.

                                  Here's one.

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                                    [–]DasLich 5 points6 points ago

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                                    what is the name of that black beetle in season 2 that absolutely demolishes everything? Would be interesting to see that go up against the Weta !

                                    [–]Cutsprocket 9 points10 points ago

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                                    wow first time ive ever felt sorry for a bug

                                    [–]gilben 4 points5 points ago

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                                    The giant cricket thing always wins. I remember watching this years ago with my friend, we called that one "face eater". I remember learning the actual name at one point, but have long since forgotten.

                                    [–]Shruglife 1 point2 points ago

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                                    somewhere at the top of this thread someone said Mantis is top of bug food chain and is not to be fucked with. I have watched 4 Japanese bug fights now, and 3 of them involved Mantis getting owned, by a wasp, one of those horrifying cave spider things and a damn cricket. Mantis sucks.

                                    [–]gilben 1 point2 points ago

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                                    Agreed, mantises look cool, but really don't seem to be very good at fighting things their own size.

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                                      [–]MestR 48 points49 points ago

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                                      Am I the only one who thinks this is terrifying in the same way watching puppies die? :(

                                      [–]JB_UK 41 points42 points ago*

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                                      I found the whole thing surprisingly unpleasant. I felt sorry for them.

                                      Edit: Or rather, simultaneously repelled and sympathetic.

                                      [–]MestR 27 points28 points ago

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                                      Big bug: Where... where am I?

                                      Small bug: That big bug is so scary, I wanna get out of here. Maybe I can sneak out...

                                      Big bug: What the fuck was that!? Maybe I'm trapped in a monster's cave, I have to kill it before it kills me!

                                      *big bug catches small bug*

                                      Small bug: "Aaaaah!!! I just wanna leave okay, let me go!"

                                      *the tusks of the big bug breaks*

                                      Big bug: "My tusks, they hurt!! What has it done to me!?!?!" I gotta get out of here!

                                      Small bug: He is crazy, my only hope is to fight back

                                      *the small creatures come clashing together in a last desperate attempt to live*

                                      Big bug: This is where come I die...

                                      Small bug: This is where come I die...

                                      [–]andbruno 30 points31 points ago

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                                      They're bugs. They're simple creatures, and have a few modes: eat, fuck, run, fight, sleep. So it's either fight or run. And sometimes fight and eat are the same thing.

                                      But I enjoyed your little one-act play.

                                      [–]partysnatcher 10 points11 points ago

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                                      They're simple creatures, and have a few modes: eat, fuck, run, fight, sleep.

                                      This is an interesting discussion. Insects are able to identify and appraise objects (a potential attacker, or food). An ant can for instance avoid a threatening object on it's way to an appetitive object. The same is true, for instance, for the housefly.

                                      Insects may be able to classify the threat level of another bug, they are also able to identify environments, flight options and similar.

                                      The insects probably have a more complex evaluation and understanding of the situation before they choose eat, fuck, run, fight, sleep.

                                      But then again, internal verbal dialogue and assessment of the sanity of other bugs probably doesn't factor in.

                                      [–]Enochulator 18 points19 points ago

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                                      I don't think anyone's disillusioned about what bugs' minds are like.

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                                        [–]ForeverTheUnderdog 8 points9 points ago

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                                        Watching puppies die?

                                        [–]FuckYouImFunny 3 points4 points ago

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                                        ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

                                        [–]TheB3RG 2 points3 points ago

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                                        DO NOT FULLSCREEN OH GOD

                                        [–]winterandautumn 1 point2 points ago

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                                        That centipede thing with the massive legs was fucking terrifying. I feel positively ILL. I'd rather watch puppies die.

                                        ...okay maybe not. heads over to r/aww

                                        [–]weedfish 6 points7 points ago

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                                        No, you surely are not alone. I hate this kind of human separatism where we look past the brutality of the battle by separating the subjects' status in this world from ours. Whether its roosters, dogs, insects, or the like, its barbaric and in my mind cruel. We even sit and discuss the possibility of the participants feeling pain, as if that normalizes the fact that were are making them fight to the death for our enjoyment. Even when the participants are humans, they were slaves and prisoners, still thought less of. F'ing humans... recently I learned that if we removed all insects from the globe, our planet's biosphere would collapse in 50 years. If we removed humans, the globe would already be on its way to recovery in that same fifty years. And we make them dance for us?

                                        [–]Terminus14 3 points4 points ago

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                                        Ok. We'll all remove ourselves and help the planet recover through our absence. You first.

                                        [–]MZOOMMAN 4 points5 points ago

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                                        Yes.

                                        [–]centerbleep 0 points1 point ago

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                                        of course it is... however, the far proximity of the bug species to our own allows for more testosterone, less oxytocin... or have you ever seen a vegetarian feel sorry for the plants we kill? it's always the cute furry ones that could almost be human babies...

                                        [–]Chop_Suey99 11 points12 points ago

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                                        Last I checked, plants don't have nervous systems. But your point stands...fuck wasps.

                                        [–]frenzyboard 1 point2 points ago

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                                        Actually.

                                        Moreover, recent advances in the plant molecular biology have identified, besides classical neurotransmitters, also several proteins typical of the animal neuronal systems, such as acetylcholine esterases, glutamate receptors, GABA receptors, and endocannabinoid signaling components, as well as indicating signaling roles for ATP, NO, and ROS (Balusˇka et al. 2006b). Importantly, plant action potentials have turned out to influence processes such as actin-based cytoplasmic streaming, plant organ movements, wound responses, respiration, and photosynthesis, as well as flowering (Wagner et al. 2006; Fromm and Lautner 2007).

                                        TL;DR: Science says you're full of it. ;D

                                        [–]Chop_Suey99 1 point2 points ago

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                                        I stand corrected. Still going to eat Kale though, that shit is delicious. ;)

                                        [–]frenzyboard 1 point2 points ago

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                                        Oh man. So jealous! I could really go for a spinach roll.

                                        [–]devicerandom 1 point2 points ago

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                                        Molecular biologist here. This is very interesting, but it doesn't mean they have a nervous system vaguely comparable with that of higher animals. They just have some interesting sensorial system, which is cool, or some electrical-potential signaling; but the level of complexity of metazoan nervous systems is usually waaaaaay beyond.

                                        Also, I somehow doubt the authors since they end their conclusion with:

                                        However, plants and animal share several very complex and conserved features that are missing from fungi and unicellular organisms, suggesting that they are phylogenetically much more closely related

                                        While a paradigm revolution is always possible, the plant/animal relationship is quite well understood (there are loads of molecular evidence about that) and there is a massive load of data that indicates they're not close at all. There are different possible phylogenies for the Eukaryotes, this is true. But all of them cluster the opisthokonts (a group that includes animals and fungi) together, and plants on another lineage (sometimes in a group called archeaplastida, sometimes not), that diverged a lot of time ago.

                                        cfr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote#Phylogeny for example.

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                                            [–]TaylorWolf 1 point2 points ago

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                                            I agree we can't wrap our minds around how a plant lives, breathes and "thinks"... Its disappointing to me that people disregard them as an inanimate object. Plants have been proven to alter behavior and release different pheromones when people, predators or other plants are in the room.

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                                              [–]LtRavs 6 points7 points ago

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                                              It really annoys me that there are people out there that are willing to do things like this. Taking two living things and forcing them to kill one another. Its unnecessary and just a lot barbaric.

                                              [–]Friend_Made_Me_Join 2 points3 points ago

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                                              The same super beetle has been running everything on the later part of the second season.

                                              [–]Shruglife 7 points8 points ago

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                                              spoilers dude

                                              [–]axealot 1 point2 points ago

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                                              If you imagine it as a tickle fight between 2 bugs if become really funny

                                              [–]mosesh 7 points8 points ago

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                                              The entire time I had a terrible feeling the the giant rampaging bug would fly out of the screen and into my gaping mouth.

                                              [–]arcsesh[S,!] 11 points12 points ago

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                                              I don't know what to say other than.....thank you?

                                              [–]biggiet2049 3 points4 points ago

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                                              Wow as soon as I saw this Reddit, I instantly came in here to share Japanese bug fights too. Well played sir. Well played.

                                              [–]dayallnash 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Oh. My. God.

                                              [–]slazash 1 point2 points ago

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                                              http://www.japanesebugfights.com/2-15.htm Spider beats mantis. proof.

                                              [–]GB20 1 point2 points ago

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                                              If bugs creep you out, DO NOT CLICK. This stuff will have you shivering.

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                                                [–]finallymadeanaccount 54 points55 points ago

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                                                Honey Badger don't give a fuck. Honey Badger eat both of 'em up.

                                                [–]haiku_robot 11 points12 points ago

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                                                Honey Badger don't 
give a fuck. Honey Badger 
eat both of 'em up.

                                                [–]dieselphiend 7 points8 points ago

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                                                I just got 3 praying mantis egg sacks in the mail from ebay. Each one has hundreds of potential praying mantises inside! I will put them in our garden for natural pest control...

                                                [–]lemonsareprettyok 5 points6 points ago

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                                                I approve! Mantids are my favorite, to the point where I am an adult and still am amazed whenever I stumble across them. I used to follow them around as a kid and just observe. Best summertime activity EVER.

                                                [–]dieselphiend 6 points7 points ago

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                                                They are the one of the most amazing creatures on earth to me. They seem to be aware in an unusual way for a bug. Pick one up, and they'll look you right in the eye, and up and down. Reminds me more of a tiny little alien, than a bug.

                                                [–]lemonsareprettyok 1 point2 points ago

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                                                For sure. They are amazing. My sister and I used to call them aliens - took my mom forever to realize what we were talking about :)

                                                [–]dieselphiend 1 point2 points ago

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                                                I always wondered if others thought of them as alien-like as well.

                                                [–]korvanos 2 points3 points ago

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                                                There was some book series where the first aliens humans meet look just like larger preying mantises.

                                                [–]dieselphiend 4 points5 points ago

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                                                Interesting. I once saw a page of LSD that had a gigantic mantis on a moon like surface fighting two tiny, little humans with laser beam guns.

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                                                    [–]bigGUNSfowler 5 points6 points ago

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                                                    MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAT!

                                                    [–]Itchy_Back 5 points6 points ago

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                                                    "The Thousand Striking Spider technique! That's forbidden!"

                                                    "Ha ha ha. Your feeble Mantis style will be no match. Prepare to die!"

                                                    (lips out of synch)

                                                    [–]MrKrazybones 6 points7 points ago

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                                                    As much as I am rooting for the spider the outcome would be that the mantis wins. All he has to do is hold down 2 of the spiders legs and he can chomp down, the spider has to get behind the mantis and not get any of his legs caught which is near impossible

                                                    [–]redditor3000 13 points14 points ago

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                                                    I've got 10 bucks on preying mantis.

                                                    [–]tyranosisyphus_rex 4 points5 points ago

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                                                    Mantis: Yo mama so hairy she look like she got Buchwheat in a headlock.

                                                    Spider: Shut up...stupid.

                                                    [–]CoNiGMa 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    Could go either way really. Check out these two vids.

                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0lT6sTFnpk

                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMvEyoWZPsM

                                                    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    The photographer of this photohraph is Fabien Bravin.

                                                    [–]mordune 6 points7 points ago

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                                                    The stickman is already standing in the spider's web. You have to admire his spirited attitude.

                                                    [–]biffbobsen 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    Mantises don't give a fuck. I had a spider bro living in the little corner where the rail of the back stairs meets the house for like a month, grew to be about the size of a quarter. I happened to walk up right as a mantis was invading, he just bulldozed right through the dude's web. Never saw little spider bro again :/

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                                                    [–]Fuzzy_Logik 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    This is a drawing. Or am I blind? Look at the mantis... it looks drawn.

                                                    [–]Searth 2 points3 points ago

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                                                    It looks like it went through an oil painting filter or a cartoon filter or some other sort of digital effect.

                                                    [–]Calibas 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    Looks like it's a real picture that was edited quite a bit to match the focus and lighting of the picture it was added to.

                                                    [–]LimbOfKings 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    That's a poppy of some kind

                                                    [–]Guenther110 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    How did it end? Damnit, I need to know!

                                                    [–]DemSoaps 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    That shits about to go down in my pants cause spiders are creepy :(

                                                    [–]InvisibleEvil 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    What game is this? I want to play it!

                                                    [–]Munkir 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    I think it's for the wii

                                                    [–]babydum 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    I need a pet mantis to kill all the spiders in my house

                                                    [–]F4i4Brian 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    Whew.... was worried I'd click the link to find you flushing a full toilet bowl...

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                                                    Stripey motherfuckers fight it to the death. How many NOPEs will it take to win?

                                                    [–]ucdortbes 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    Mantis is all like "'sup?"

                                                    Then he'll give him the Forest Whitaker eye.

                                                    [–]pinheadd 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    http://www.japanesebugfights.com/

                                                    [–]muntjack10 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    JAPANESEE BUGFIGHTSS

                                                    [–]thrawn1825 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    Go Mantis! (or whatever the fuck that thing is...)

                                                    [–]Ragnalypse 4 points5 points ago

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                                                    Why is the photographer taking pictures and not burning that spider to the ground?

                                                    [–]Fractals_Things -2 points-1 points ago

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                                                    Fractal'ed

                                                    [–]whyoulittle 17 points18 points ago

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                                                    is this a thing now?

                                                    [–]Fractals_Things 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    It's just what I do.

                                                    [–]urbanv 11 points12 points ago

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                                                    So it has come to this

                                                    [–]RandomCleverName 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    You and I... This moment...

                                                    [–]centerbleep 3 points4 points ago

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                                                    "This has always been a fussy place, a town of i dotters and t crossers, where you're liable to get both your grammar and your ideas corrected in the same conversation. And that suggests another way to find taboos. Look for prigs, and see what's inside their heads."

                                                    [–]ClumsyRapist 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    You've been doing it for eight hours now, that's so insane! Could we get an AMA?

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                                                      [–]richworks 1 point2 points ago

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                                                      How is that a fractal?

                                                      [–]hype-armor 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Buck on the spider!

                                                      [–]bl4kd3th 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      $50 on the spider.

                                                      [–]walczyk 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Insect army on the move?

                                                      [–]Planet-man 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Hope the photographer intervened before shit went down.

                                                      [–]loonsun 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      I put 20 grand on Mantis

                                                      [–]o_oli 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      This looks like some indie fighting game.

                                                      [–]TheClayroo 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      How they got a picture like that on Jack Skeleton's penis is beyond me.

                                                      [–]nicedreamsandall 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Just outside the frame you will notice the flower is shitting the bed.

                                                      [–]RedditRuleMaker 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Does anybody else hear the voice from mortal kombat saying "READY. FIGHT!"

                                                      [–]leef21 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Five times out of ten; they just try to intimidate each other and run away without fighting.

                                                      ...also, 10 times out of 5 i make statistics up.

                                                      [–]TheMediumPanda 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Seems like there are roughly 50 percent backing each. We have 2 choices: Someone get a mantis and a spider and do some back-cage wrestling or this needs to go to /r/askscience

                                                      [–]ShadowBasic 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Go for the legs!

                                                      [–]harryhoover 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      ready... FIGHT

                                                      [–]BunsOfAluminum 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Welcome... to City 17...

                                                      [–]williamdb 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      I once had a mantis jump on my face. Those serrated arms, man.

                                                      [–]Imaladybug 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Starship Troopers Redux.

                                                      [–]ekac 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      My new wallpaper. Awesome photo.

                                                      [–]LuckyEulogy 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Damn. Nature goes hard, man.

                                                      [–]rednecktash 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Bellsprout! Use Sleeping Powder!

                                                      [–]djfutile 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      want to see that fight so bad.

                                                      [–]CaptainJax 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      FINISH HIM!!!

                                                      [–]kbcmick 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Anyone else start playing mortal kombat music in their head?

                                                      [–]mer_mer 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      A note on the image sharpening: Too much sharpening leads to undesirable "halos" around details. In this case, I can see your halo. Nice shot otherwise though!

                                                      [–]VinceViegel 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      MORTAL COMBAT!!!!!! DA DA DA DA DADA DA DA DA DA DADA

                                                      [–]airwalker12 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      That spider is about to become mantis shit is whats about to happen.

                                                      [–]itookyourpulse 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      This is how I originally saw the photo.

                                                      Needless to say, I'm happy that's not actually the case, but not too much happier. o.o

                                                      [–]Tyranitar55 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      Whoever wins..... We lose

                                                      [–]illinoiscowboy 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      great non-video. loved the Dodge commercial.

                                                      [–]shmalo 0 points1 point ago

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                                                      What but design of darkness to appall? -

                                                      If design govern in a thing so small.

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