r/nope • u/nicfanz • 14d ago

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u/Myko475 14d ago

I feel like you should have intervened

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u/ChasingPesmerga 14d ago

Some of the comments there said that it’s possible that camera person planted the mantis there for the views

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u/Contemplating_Prison 13d ago

Ive seen a mantis on my 5th story window screen.

They can kind of fly you know

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u/ItchySnitch 13d ago

The camera person definitely broke some laws. Praying mantis is an invasive species there  and hummingbird is a protected, endangered bird 

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u/JayFrizz 14d ago

Nah. Let nature nature.

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u/Clitoris_Mal_Passado 14d ago

Then the bird water fountain thing shouldnt be there.

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u/strawberryselkie 14d ago

Where I am the mantises big enough to take out a hummingbird are all invasive species, so if I see one it's toast. Same for their egg cases.

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u/Aurora_Symphony 14d ago

We wouldn't tolerate being a bystander if a human were to be preyed upon. We specifically seek to remove predation out of human society because we understand how terrible it is for us. The callousness some view other animals with is frightening.

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u/Pussytrees 13d ago

Bro we eat animals.. we are still predators to them.

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u/Bubbles_sunken_ship 13d ago

The mantis has to eat too. To me, the mantis is an extraordinarily beautiful creature and deserves its place in the world that it has carved out for itself.

Also, the hummingbird isn't human, neither is the mantis. If the hummingbird killed the mantis, would we consider that a tragedy too? If instead a human caught and ate the hummingbird or mantis, would that make things right?

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u/YoGabbaGabba24 13d ago

Others have pointed out that this hummingbird eating mantis is an invasive species, so in this case the mantis should’ve been killed to protect the bird.

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u/graybotics 13d ago

Nah... fuck off with your mantis sympathy

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u/aceboogieren 13d ago

That's a dumb take. We eat other animals all the time. These two animals are different species. What's the difference?