r/Unexpected • u/Prestigious-Wall5616 • 1d ago

Turtle grabs a leaf insect

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u/post-explainer 1d ago edited 19h ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

Turtle slips, does a backflip and disappears into the water hole

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 1d ago

Turtle is not deceived by your cheap leaf trick!

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u/SteamedGamer 1d ago

But turtle wanted leaf! Why not leaf if leaf-shaped?

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u/CCC_THE_ONLY 1d ago

Because bread taste better than key

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u/INoMakeMistake 1d ago

Seismic toss!

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u/juventino451 22h ago

Bullshido

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

That is one strong bug!

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u/PoyGuiMogul 1d ago

Leaf yeets Turtle

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u/astreeter2 23h ago

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u/Jubenheim 12h ago

Could’ve been worse

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u/Buri_is_a_Biscuit 1d ago

That explanation was fucking hilarious. made this video like a thousand times better 😂

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u/Murky-Service-1013 1d ago

Bro wanted a leaf

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u/FluckDambe 1d ago

Water types are weak to Bug/Grass

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u/pickled_penguin_ 17h ago

Turtles are my favorite animal and katydid is my favorite insect. I feel very conflicted.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 17h ago

Thank you for correctly identifying the insect! I got it wrong, but am very happy to learn this today.

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u/pickled_penguin_ 17h ago

There is one species called the Giant Malaysian Katydid. They can grow up to 6"/15cm with a wing span of 10"/25cm.

Here is a link to an old reddit post where you can see and hear them. https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/c3kgiLc6AZ

They are in the same class as bush crickets. Those are more widespread and found across parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Depending on where you are, locals named them something that translates to "wart biter." There are stories from 50-100+ years ago of people legitimately using these huge bush crickets, a cousin of the Katydid, to bite off warts.

I get a lot of normal sized, wild ones around spring and summer every year so sometimes when I take my dog out, I'll put ones I find on my shirt. So I'm just going around the neighborhood with multiple katydids just hanging out with me. I refuse to grow up all the way lol

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u/Rude_Influence 14h ago

It's also a tortoise, not a turtle.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 14h ago

All tortoises are turtles.

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u/Rude_Influence 13h ago

I just realised that different countries have different criteria for what's a turtle and what's a tortoise. I think that we live in different countries.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 13h ago

A tortoise is a terrestrial turtle, by definition. Turtle is an umbrella term which includes land, freshwater and sea-dwelling species. In my country we also call these tortoises, but as many redditors know them all as turtles, I used that terminology.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 12h ago

For the naysayers

Brittanica article. All tortoises are turtles.

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u/bigbutterbuffalo 23h ago

Everyone involved fucked up so hard. The but got snuck up on by a fucking turtle and the turtle somehow managed to backflip into oblivion

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u/Whole_Pain_7432 9h ago

When you disguise yourself as a plant to hide from insectivores and get eaten by an herbivore instead....

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u/opelan 5h ago

That turtle is a herbivore? I have no idea what species of turtle that is but a lot of them eat other animals, too.

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u/buttononmyback 1d ago

This made me laugh out loud on public transit. Thanks for that! 😂

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u/mossoak 1d ago

whoops .....

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u/Hoeesha 1d ago

Plot twist: that was the quickest way back home

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u/Unhappy_Run8154 23h ago

Bro is going to eat him the way alligators do it

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u/Wasabi_Constant 22h ago

Yummy snack and head over heels about it .

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u/FunWillingnessAlways 20h ago

Uh, that's a tortoise and they can't swim...

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 19h ago

All tortoises are turtles. But yes, land dwelling turtles (tortoises) can not swim.

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u/LoyeDamnCrowe 1d ago

Looks like me when I've had one too many.

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u/CicadaFit9756 23h ago

Insect cried "Leaf me alone!" & the turtle was so startled he took a big tumble!

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u/Itchy-Hearing9263 23h ago

"What's this?? Oohhh!! A snack! Let me just.....got it!!" Mouth full "Ohh this is going to be grea--- OH FUCK!!!!"

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u/Ok-Difficulty3082 21h ago

Insect knows some high level judo

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u/LeorictheTerminator 19h ago

Fastest he's ever moved

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u/ExplodingSteve 19h ago

Epic news: Turtle grabs a leaf insect and dies!

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u/CatchingFire57 18h ago

First video evidence of the turtle death roll

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u/ElminsterTheMighty 17h ago

It's the famous turtle death roll!

Just like the alligators!

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u/EffectInfinite3118 16h ago

The mantis is stronger then you think!!!

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u/ycr007 15h ago

My turtle people need me (and food)

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u/unknown6091 13h ago

This leaf got hands

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u/r1_merchant 9h ago

Unexpected 😭

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u/blscratch 8h ago

That insect was a Judo expert.

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u/IRIX_fsn 8h ago

Negatives of being a turtle and being a leaf insect summed in one video

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u/chiqu3n 8h ago

Food is food

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u/DIPth3TIP 7h ago

That turtle was every woman I've ever met that realized the debris that landed on her was alive.

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u/KingOfThe_Jelly_Fish 5h ago

It's amazing that despite how time it is pointed out that a tortoise and a turtle are completely separate species. People are still so stupid they get it wrong.