In my dreams, I'm usually running for my life from a giant praying mantis.

在我的梦里，我通常在逃命，躲一只巨大的螳螂。

Mantises have compound eyes composed of thousands of light-sensing units.

螳螂的复眼由数千个感光单元组成。

It's an orchid mantis, an insect native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

它是一只兰花螳螂，一种原产于东南亚热带雨林的昆虫。

You know, praying mantises are the exact opposite of voles, Morty.

螳螂完全和田鼠相反。

This walking piece of vegetation is the dead-leaf mantis.

这个会动的植物是枯叶螳螂。

Busy taking out the trash, the mantis shrimp keeps a sharp lookout.

忙着倒垃圾的螳螂虾保持着敏锐的观察力。

The praying mantis is the only insect that can look over its shoulders.

螳螂是唯一一种视野范围能越过肩膀的昆虫。

Not unlike a praying mantis, her odd and otherworldly beauty takes time to notice.

她就像一只螳螂，需要时间才能体会出她那奇特脱俗的美。

Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions.

已知的同类相食者，如螳螂、黑寡妇蜘蛛曾被视为是奇怪的特例。

And while they might have fooled you, mantises and other insects and crustaceans have " pseudopupils."

虽然它们可能愚弄了你，但螳螂和其他昆虫以及甲壳类动物都有“伪瞳孔”。

If an orchid mantis' disguise was too particular, it would limit the number of animals it might fool.

如果兰花螳螂的伪装太特别了，它就限制了它能够愚弄的动物的数量。

These animal liars fool our brains too, but orchid mantises didn't evolve to fool human brains.

这些动物骗子愚弄我们的大脑，但是兰花螳螂并没有通过进化来达到这一目的。

But the mantis's attack is just as accurate and it takes in only one twentieth of a second.

不过螳螂同样精准的攻击却只需要二十分之一秒。

We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.

我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其是当我们了解到螳螂等过着一种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。

It would be hard for you or I to pluck an orchid mantis from a flowery background.

你或我很难从满是花的背景中找出兰花螳螂。

Like their close kin, orchid mantises will even rock back and forth like a flower swaying in the breeze.

就像它们的近亲，兰花螳螂甚至像一朵在微风中摇曳的花一样来回摇摆。

But no matter how it happens, understanding a little bit more about sonoluminescence definitely makes me respect mantis shrimp more.

但不管它是怎么发生的，对声致发光多一点了解肯定会让我更加尊重螳螂虾。

To perfectly imitate the bark, some of these mantises even now have outgrowths that hide the shape of their bodies.

为了能更好地模仿树皮有一些螳螂在外壳上会长出突起来隐藏身体的形状。

The mantis shrimp is an insane animal.

螳螂虾是一种疯狂的动物。

Hornet, honey bee, firefly or mantis.

大黄蜂、蜜蜂、萤火虫或螳螂。