Malaysia’s orchid mantis has a pretty uncreative name, given that it is a mantis that looks exactly like an orchid. But we’ll cut it some slack, because it’s a mantis that looks exactly like an orchid, and man, that’s really cool.
Always nice to be reminded that when we talk about “saving the rainforests” or whatever, we’re not just trying to rescue ecologically important pieces of ground — we’re also preserving some really astonishing living things.
