Interesting article on a new species. I want one of these. 
Excerpt - "Mantises are elite ambush predators, snatching their victims with a lightning-fast strike of their front limbs. But one newly described species doesn’t just hold its prey in a prickly embrace: It impales it, using long, barbed tines to expertly polish off the squirming morsel like a chunk of bread skewered on a fondue fork."
Full article.
https://gizmodo.com/new-species-of-praying-mantis-impales-its-prey-on-barbe-1840866483
Excerpt - "Mantises are elite ambush predators, snatching their victims with a lightning-fast strike of their front limbs. But one newly described species doesn’t just hold its prey in a prickly embrace: It impales it, using long, barbed tines to expertly polish off the squirming morsel like a chunk of bread skewered on a fondue fork."
Full article.
https://gizmodo.com/new-species-of-praying-mantis-impales-its-prey-on-barbe-1840866483
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