The Praying Mantis and the Morality of Nature

Tooth and claw.

Photo by Bankim Desai on Unsplash

Silently it waits, the only prayer it promises, one of a swift end.

Held statuelike and still, the mantis bides its time, knowing that as with all things, its prey will finally come.

An agile stance and green-gilded claws brings speed and agility and poise to an artform of mortality. Instinct makes nature the killer…