Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions.

知的同类相食者，如螳螂、黑寡妇蜘蛛曾被视为是奇怪的特例。

Mantises have compound eyes composed of thousands of light-sensing units.

螳螂的复眼由数千个感光单元组成。

You know, praying mantises are the exact opposite of voles, Morty.

螳螂完全和田鼠相反。

The praying mantis is the only insect that can look over its shoulders.

螳螂是唯一一种视野范围能越过肩膀的昆虫。

Not unlike a praying mantis, her odd and otherworldly beauty takes time to notice.

她就像一只螳螂，需要时间才能体会出她那奇特脱俗的美。

It's an orchid mantis, an insect native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

它是一只兰花螳螂，一种原产于南亚热带雨林的昆虫。

Like the plants they're named after, these mantises use their looks to flirt.

就像它们命名的植一样，这些螳螂用它们的外表去调情。

This walking piece of vegetation is the dead-leaf mantis.

这个会动的植是枯叶螳螂。

In my dreams, I'm usually running for my life from a giant praying mantis.

在我的梦里，我通常在逃命，躲一只巨大的螳螂。

Busy taking out the trash, the mantis shrimp keeps a sharp lookout.

忙着倒垃圾的螳螂虾保持着敏锐的观察力。

And while they might have fooled you, mantises and other insects and crustaceans have " pseudopupils."

虽然它们可能愚弄了你，但螳螂和其他昆虫以及甲壳类动有“伪瞳孔”。

But the mantis's attack is just as accurate and it takes in only one twentieth of a second.

不过螳螂同样准的攻击却只需要二十分之一秒。

We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.

我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其是当我们了解到螳螂等过着一种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。

And with their petaled legs wrapped in pinks and yellows, orchid mantises can disappear amongst those forests of flowers.

像花瓣一样的腿包裹在粉红色和黄色中，兰花螳螂会消失在花丛中。

But no matter how it happens, understanding a little bit more about sonoluminescence definitely makes me respect mantis shrimp more.

但不管它是怎么发生的，对声致发光多一点了解肯定会让我更加尊重螳螂虾。

To perfectly imitate the bark, some of these mantises even now have outgrowths that hide the shape of their bodies.

为了能更好地模仿树皮有一些螳螂在外壳上会长出突起来隐藏身体的形状。

It would be hard for you or I to pluck an orchid mantis from a flowery background.

你或我很难从满是花的背景中找出兰花螳螂。

Our visual system picks up on the shapes, edges and finer details of the mantis's disguise.

我们的视觉系统捕捉到螳螂伪装的形状、边缘和更细的细节。

The mantis shrimp is an insane animal.

螳螂虾是一种疯狂的动。

Praying mantises, for example, envelop their eggs in a foam-like protective protein case.

例如，螳螂将它们的卵包裹在泡沫状的保护性蛋白质外壳中。