Here is a pretty interesting photo-story which can’t be seen every day. This story will show you mantises are very brave creature, despite their physical construction does not give them any reason to be brave.

This little dog has stepped out on the way of one little mantis. Little mantis didn’t want any trouble but that stupid dog continued to provoke him, so he asked him nicely to leave him alone. Dog refused and continued to push mantis so this little but brave insect had only one choice. To fight that dog and show him some super-cool kung-fu skills.

However, fight lasted for couple of minutes. Mantis punched the dog pretty good a few times but that beast of dog finally managed to bring little brave mantis to the ground thanks to it’s weight rather than its skills.

Now little mantis is served as a lunch for that dog but that is some other story which could be told some other time…

The end

A swallow easily manages to pass through a 2inch gap in a locked barn door at 35mph.

Jumping spiders comprise the famliy Salticidae, the largest and most diverse of spider families (ah, a melting pot), with between 4,000 and 5,000 species described. I love these little creatures. I find them all over my house. They aren’t leggy enough to trigger my arachnophobia, their turret heads remind me of tanks (always an endearing image), and those eyes look alien and intelligent. And they eat bugs (and sometimes web-weaving spiders). (Thanks Dear Thomas for beautiful text and photos)

Salticids are small (most are less than one inch long), and they can jump 10 – 40 times their body length to pounce on prey or to avoid becoming prey. They accomplish this using good ol’ fashioned hydraulics: they pump fluid into their legs quick enough to allow them to spring at lighting speed. Enjoy these photos. Click on some of them and you’ll almost be able to see the reflection of the camera in their central eyes.