How can a bug like a praying mantis eat another bug it’s own size and not appear to be twice as big?
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Doubling the volume of a cylinder doesn’t make it twice as thick, so they don’t swell as much as you may think when full.
Also they’re pretty sloppy eaters – a lot of their prey is chitinous exoskeleton that they discard and liquid bug goo. Wings, legs, they’ll toss all that stuff since there’s not much nutrition to be had there.
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