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Praying Mantis

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.

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Mantis Praying

Now that's a very strange evolutionary function. The male population must be very small compared to the females. Just imagine if humans were like that there would be no males left!

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Praying mantises hunt down birds worldwide. Praying mantises are carnivorous insects with powerful raptorial front legs that usually depend on arthropods such as insects or spiders as their primary prey. Now new research indicates that praying mantises all over the globe include birds in their diet. Source 9q.