r/pics • • 6h ago

Praying Mantis

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u/Voltage_Joe 3h ago

Fun fact: mantis eyes don't have pupils that follow you. It's a quirk of their eye structure; it's like a bunch of straws, and you can only see the color at the bottom looking straight down. The rest is the color of the straw. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopupil

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u/Shufflepants 2h ago

It's kinda funny because those spots aren't "following you", but also, those spots are looking at you.