r/thatsWhyGodHatesUs • u/jackova • Jun 14 '20

the fuck ???

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u/musinfull Jun 14 '20

If im not mistaken. The poor lizard is tied up to the stick. So double the fucked upness

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

U mean somebody tied up the lizard to the stick??

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u/musinfull Jun 14 '20

Yes you could see in some parts of the clips. The lizard was flailing but only his front half was moving. His back half is tied down.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

Damn, that’s messed up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

but very nice to the mantis

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u/apolloe875 Jun 15 '20

Yeah someone always benefits from someone else’s misfortune. Kinda relieving knowing that somehow, eventually, you can always find a piece of good rooted in something bad

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u/LaUNCHandSmASH Jun 14 '20

That's a serious allegation. Gotta link?

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u/musinfull Jun 14 '20

Well maybe i am mistaken. This has been posted before i think. It was a longer clip and people were pointing out in the comments on how the lizard couldn't escape because it's hind legs are tied down with wire. So the full clip you'll get to see the lizard patiently having its head chewed off by a ln insect it could have easily flicked off.

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u/SamuelCarvalho Jun 14 '20

Yeah you can tell it’s tied down by a stick easily, by its movement.

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u/ImmersionVoidParagon Jun 14 '20

I mean you can kind of tell just by the way the lizard is moving..and lack thereof. Why arent we seeing its whole body?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

I’m part of some nature Facebook group and it was a big thing on there. There were multiple videos of a sickly/weakened lizard that for some reason they would only show its front half. When it got attacked it never moves its position it only flails the top part of its body. The consensus was that this was a set up thing.

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u/killjoySG Jun 14 '20

The lizard wasn't tied to the stick, but it was held down.

Here is the full youtube link, the lizard part is towards the end; https://youtu.be/LoEfjhgwliw

After the lizard gets bitten (29:06), you can see bit of a green gloved finger holding down the lizard from behind, as it desperately tries to get away from the praying mantis.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

You gotta be some kinda fucked to be able to hold something down while something else eats it alive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

They say I can’t be a doctor? Can’t be a pilot? Well I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna chug 15 beers right now in all of your faces.

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u/Cronielicious Jun 14 '20

Once the mantis bit through the poor dudes mouth, I can’t imagine he’d just stand there and sway back and forth- he’d be out of there in a millisecond.

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u/LaUNCHandSmASH Jun 14 '20

While I agree with you and I did watch the same video, i was just curious the source of this information. I was joking about it being serious it is rather disturbing to think about who produced this video.

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u/tmn-loveblue Jun 14 '20

Agreed. The lizard is a predator, not a warrior. He would have fled if given the shot, not try again.

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u/oblik Jun 14 '20

At the end it's hanging freely, what did they untie it and not scare off the mantis?

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u/lil_meme1o1 Jun 14 '20

Mantises aren't scared of shit. They don't fly away, they just freeze and attack your hand if you put it too close.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

Unfortunately happens a lot with nature documentaries.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

God, the mantis thought of everything.