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Dang, these “spot the difference” games are getting harder and harder! :’)

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Obsessed with this

jaubaius

Girl your nails are fabulous!

thatradfailure

@is-the-snake-video-cute People in the notes are saying this is either a dominance or a mating response, so could I request a semi-professional-I-mean-you-deal-with-snakes-and-I-dont-know-a-turtle-blog take on this?

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This is called claw fluttering, and it’s 100% a mating response! What’s happening is this turtle is seeing the painted nails, thinks they’re a turtle, and is trying to woo them.

Pretty cute, and no stress to the turtle at all. Some turtles won’t do this often, but others will claw flutter whenever they see anything they think might be a turtle, but they don’t have particularly great eyesight so they’ll claw flutter at things like their own reflection, bright nearby objects, and rocks.

bogleech

This is a one off gag in a simpsons episode (which is otherwise about bart and lisa gaining weight before you ask why they look weird) but it’s so funny when you stop and notice that firstly, Skinner used tape to give himself one small corner of his own office, and second, the mantises are honoring that.

What I really want to know, though, is who was responsible for drawing preying mantises in a random Simpsons cutaway, because I’ve almost never seen a cartoon get so many of their little details correct.

The way their “neck” looks, the panels on their faces, and the way their wings fold over each other are among the things almost never portrayed in anything.