Mantis caught a false chameleon
10/09/2024
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Luckily, this is not a chameleon but an agamid lizard, Calotes sp.
The spectacle would be however similarly brutal, when instead of it would be a chameleon.
Preying mantis often feed on chameleon babies in the wild...
Author: Petr Nečas