# @animalplanet on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bob8ojBAU7K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14051416-animalplanet-instagram
- **Posted:** 2018-10-02T16:01:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Animal Planet (@AnimalPlanet) — https://gondola.cc/AnimalPlanet

## Caption

Praying Mantis | These majestic looking bugs are more ruthless than you might think. Praying mantises practice sexual cannibalism and about one in four male-female encounters result in the male being eaten. When mating begins, the female may bite off the male’s head, but this does not stop the male; a nerve cluster located in the abdomen keeps things going.
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