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

螂复眼由数千个感光单元组成。

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

它是一只兰花螂，一种原产于东南亚热带雨林昆虫。

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

螂完全和田鼠相反。

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

这个会动植物是枯叶螂。

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

忙着倒垃螂虾保持着敏锐观察力。

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

螂是唯一一种视野范围能越过肩膀昆虫。

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

她像一只螂，需要时间才能体会出她那奇特脱俗美。

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

在我梦里，我通常在逃命，躲一只巨螂。

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

已知同类相食者，如螂、黑寡妇蜘蛛曾被视为是奇怪特例。

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，但螂和其他昆虫以及甲壳类动物都有“伪瞳孔”。

If an orchid mantis' disguise was too particular, it would limit the number of animals it might fool.

如果兰花螂伪装太特别了，它限制了它能够愚弄动物数量。

These animal liars fool our brains too, but orchid mantises didn't evolve to fool human brains.

这些动物骗子愚弄我们脑，但是兰花螂并没有通过进化来达到这一目。

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

不过螂同样精准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书，尤其是当我们了解到螂等过着一种令人生畏生活时，更加爱读有关昆虫书了。

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背景中找出兰花螂。

Like their close kin, orchid mantises will even rock back and forth like a flower swaying in the breeze.

像它们近亲，兰花螂甚至像一朵在微风中摇曳花一样来回摇摆。

The mantis shrimp is an insane animal.

螂虾是一种疯狂动物。

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，对声致发光多一点了解肯定会让我更加尊重螂虾。

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螂在外壳上会长出突起来隐藏身体形状。

Hornet, honey bee, firefly or mantis.

黄蜂、蜜蜂、萤火虫或螂。