Alien insect rips flies head off in HD


	Alien insect rips flies head off in HD

belovedgardener

3-28-2009 10:51 AM

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insect, mantis, aliens

belovedgardener says:

Apparently this mantis is called Schizocephala bicornis... a suitably deranged sounding name for this insect version of the terminator.

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3-29-2009 12:39 PM

tanyamm

Did they use the mantis as a model for some of those aliens in the movies?

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