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Even small backyard encounters can come with clear boundaries.

The praying mantis stands on a surface with its front legs raised and held out.

"One of my young boys found a praying mantis. Every bug he finds, he wants to keep. He kept trying to either pick it up or get it to play with whatever he could find. Then the mantis went into defense mode," the filmer, Valerie, told WooGlobe.

The insect keeps its stance as the hand shifts around it, holding the same upright posture.

The brief standoff turns into a simple reminder of how quickly wildlife can signal space, even in a quiet moment in Peoria, Arizona.
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00:03Okay no more picking them up. No more picking them up. Oh my gosh. He looks like a snail when
00:15he does that. Does he? Flying snail. Oh he does look like a snail. Oh my god I absolutely love
00:25this one. Take a video. I am. No I didn't do it. I did. Oh the video. Stop. I'm taking
00:40a video. I'm taking a video. Let's see how close I can get. There's one upstairs.
01:01Hey knock it off both of you. Let's see. He doesn't move. You still got your dukes up.
01:27No no don't. Okay drop something again. Okay. Not that big. Oh my gosh. Oh the face.
01:48Oh my gosh.
01:57Oh my gosh.
02:10Just drop it closer.
02:24He is just so cute and spicy.
02:30Let's see.
02:47Oh my gosh.
02:49Oh my gosh.
02:50Oh.
03:04Oh.
03:07Oh my gosh.
03:42Just ignore him under his interjector.
03:48Hey, buddy, we're trying to video this, this interaction I've never had in my 43 years of life.
03:54I've never seen a praying mantis do this.
04:04No, I can't get it back.
04:06It's all right, leave it there.
04:07Not a rock.
04:09No, no rock.
04:10I'm not going to drop it on it.
04:11No, it's okay.
04:12Is that candy?
04:13Nope, that's just like a little pretend decoration that was on that Christmas tree.
04:20What should we name him?
04:22I mean, we're never going to see him again, but...
04:24I'll do keeping them dry.
04:26No.
04:27I'll feed them.
04:28Let's make him Dancy Man's.
04:31Okay, let's take the stuff back inside.
04:33That cannot be outside.
04:35Wait, when can we buy dried Skittles again?
04:39Freeze dried Skittles?
04:40Yeah.
04:42I don't know.
04:43Kind of soon?
04:48Oh my golly.
04:49Mom, what if I do this?
04:51Oh my gosh, stop, stop, stop.
04:54Oh my gosh.
04:55Oh my gosh.
05:06Oh my gosh.
05:11Okay, stop, stop, stop.
05:13We're not actually on Friday.
05:18Okay, let go.
05:20Or no.
05:21Oh, jeez.
05:22Oh man, I wasn't videoing the right way.
05:27He's like exercising.
05:30Okay, stop doing it, Victor.
05:32You're going to get an X over wrapped around him.
05:33Can you do it?
05:34Oh yeah.
05:45He's looking, he looks like he's celebrating and having the time of his life, but really he's
05:50like in super defense mode.
05:57We just want to love you.
06:01No, Victor.
06:04Victor, stop right here.
06:07Oh, this is nice.
06:12Let's call him Carl.
06:14Carl the praying mantis.
06:21Looks like he's also showing us his muscles.
06:25What if I curl this into a...
06:28What if I curl this...
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