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OK, this is rude, but it made me laugh ... (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Mar 2012
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baldguy
(36,649 posts)1. Happy? That's an apex predator displaying a threat response posture.
He's saying "Don't mess with THIS fuckin' mantis, man!"
lunatica
(53,410 posts)2. It looks like it could be starring in a Pixar movie
Cute, for a bug.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)3. Happy in his Pride for being Alive and doing OK!
Rock on Mr. Mantis
zanana1
(6,121 posts)4. Not rude---cute! nt
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)5. She just bit off and ate the head of her mate
What could possibly be more fun than that?
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)6. Funny!
I don't know why, but it's cracking me up. I guess it's because it's very dry humor - my favorite kind.
siligut
(12,272 posts)7. Just moments before being run over by an SUV
I get what baldguy is saying, this bug shouldn't be in the street for the sake of a photo.
OK, the other part of me smiles, because this bug does look fucking happy.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)8. Of course he's happy
He heard the giANTS won the Super Bowl.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)9. what a crack up
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)10. I didn't think it was rude.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)11. Sort of reminds me of
one of my favorite movies... "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar"
The pageant at the end...
Really fun movie!