In order to answer Tangtang'er's questions, Tang Shuang specially played the episode "The Mantis Who Eats Her Husband" from "Black Cat Sheriff" on her computer. During this process, Tangtang'er stayed far away and sat down.

On the other side of the sofa, he was covering his hands

Ear, stared at Xiao Shuangzi who was watching the cartoon warily, as if she was worried that this guy would eat her, but the explanation of the little person was that she was afraid of this cartoon about a praying mantis eating a praying mantis, and she did not dare to listen to it.

, I was shocked today.

Tang Shuang simply put on headphones and watched the episode. Well, how should I put it? Most of the previous plots were okay. It was just that towards the end, it was a bit scary that the mantis girl ate the mantis boy. Only the mantis boy was left.

The clothes were spread on the floor, and I felt that my whole body was covered

A strange force hollowed out the scene. The picture was like a person who was very good at eating, after eating a big crab, he was able to assemble a complete picture on the dining table. And this person who was very good at eating was none other than Wen.

The graceful, beautiful and well-educated girl Mantis is a bit charming to think about.

The words of the young Mantis young man were also very interesting when Miss Mantis relayed to the Black Cat Sheriff that his grandma ate his grandpa to give birth to his father, and his mother ate his father to give birth to him.

After reading it, Tang Shuang secretly glanced at the little man. He was staring at him intently. She noticed it at the first sight and said a little uneasily: "...What do you want to do?"

Tang Shuang turned off her tablet, took off her headphones, and waved to the scared Candy: "Come here, let's talk."

"What are you talking about? Candy doesn't want to talk about cannibalism." Candy refused to come over.

Tang Shuang: "... Let's not talk about cannibalism, and no one can eat people. How can you think that someone can eat people? There is no such thing."

Candy tilted her head and thought for a while: "The Lun family thinks about it themselves. Praying mantises eat praying mantises. Will other small animals also eat small animals?"

"Of course it will. For example, lions eat antelopes, wolves eat rabbits, and small animals will definitely eat small animals. This is the law of nature."

Candy asked: "Then will they eat their own people? Like a praying mantis."

emmm~ The fact is that in nature, there are indeed such situations, and there are many. For example, in addition to praying mantises, there are also cockroaches, spiders, etc. During their mating process, the male may be eaten by the female. This

It's called sexual cannibalism.

The smaller the male is than the female, the higher the probability of being eaten. Of course, not all females eat males, and vice versa, but most females eat males, because for these animals, the female’s

Their status and role are higher than that of males, and they bear the heavy responsibility of species reproduction. From this perspective, females need food more and need to be protected as a priority.

This is sexual cannibalism, which mainly refers to cannibalism during mating. There is also pure cannibalism, the most typical of which is prairie dogs. Prairie dogs look cute, but during the breeding season, they

They start to hunt and eat their own kind, and in most cases, they only eat the offspring of the same kind that are close to them. Lions and chimpanzees will also have males kill their cubs, but they do not eat them.

Although the cartoon about Sheriff Black Cat that Candy watched was correct, it amplified this phenomenon. Although mantis cannibalism can happen, the probability is very small, not more than 5%, and there will never be a male.

The case of a praying mantis voluntarily being eaten by a female. Like male cockroaches, male praying mantises will run away in panic when they sense that they are about to be eaten by a female, rather than willing to be eaten.

Of course, there are also male animals that are willing to be eaten. For example, there is a red-backed spider in Australia that is willing to be eaten by females. The reason is to gain more mating time, so it would rather allow the female to mate with it at the same time.

Eat it so that you can inject more sperm into the female's body and reproduce her next generation.

This is the survival instinct of living things and has nothing to do with ethics.

Tangtang'er was still young, so it was difficult to explain these relatively complex biological phenomena to her, and there was no need to let her know these primitive and cruel facts, so Tang Shuang told her that no other small animals would eat her.

Tang Shuang: "Mantises rarely eat mantises. They mainly eat crickets and aphids, so what is said in the cartoon is very wrong. In fact, the mantis girl didn't even know it was the mantis boy at that time. She thought it was food.

, and I was very hungry, so I ate it.”

Candy asked curiously: "Are the cartoons meant to deceive children?"

Tang Shuang: "Well, you can understand it that way. In fact, praying mantises are very cute. Did you know that Xiaoye has raised a lot of praying mantises before? They are so beautiful. You must have never seen them before."

"Huh? Little Ye Ye is raising a praying mantis?" Guangtang'er was indeed very interested. He raised his body from the sofa and slowly approached Tang Shuang: "Why is he raising a praying mantis?"

"Why raise a praying mantis? Just like you raise a goldfish, Xiaoye raises a praying mantis because he is interested in it. There are praying mantises for sale in pet stores. This is a very cute little animal. Do you know, speaking of praying mantises and

The little peacocks have something in common." Tang Shuang tried hard to arouse Candy's interest in insects, so as not to have a childhood shadow caused by an episode of cartoons.

"Huh?" Candy's eyes widened, and she became even more curious. The mantis actually had the same characteristics as the little peacock? She gestured with her hand, roughly placed it on her nose, and asked, "The little peacock is the little one."

?”

This is a height comparison, asking if this little peacock is Feng Yingxin’s child.

Tang Shuang smiled and said: "It's not Feng Yingxin, it's a real peacock, the kind in the zoo."

Candy asked in surprise: "Peacocks are very beautiful, do peacocks also eat their own people? They are so beautiful, but they also eat their own people? Wow——"

Seeing that she was getting excited, Tang Shuang said quickly: "Don't eat, don't eat. What I want to say is not eating. Why do you open your mouth and keep silent, you are just eating, you little snack."

Candy laughed sheepishly, "The Lun family is a little hungry."

Tang Shuang: "If you bear with me a little longer, mom will be ready soon."

Unexpectedly, Tangtang'er shook his head: "I won't eat. I won't eat even if I'm hungry. I'm afraid and won't dare to eat."

Look at this little kid who "eats bigger than the sky" and is frightened.

"Did you know that a mantis can turn its head half a circle? It's very powerful. It's the only small insect that can do this. No other small insect can do it." Tang Shuang told her interesting insect knowledge to make her less nervous.

Fear.

"Is this so?" Candy grabbed a rag doll and turned it half a circle, "It, won't it break?"

Tang Shuang: "This is their ability. Only praying mantises and peacocks can do it. Praying mantises are actually very cute and funny. For example, they can often turn their backs to you and then turn their heads 180 degrees to look at you, just like magic."

Tang Shuang originally wanted to arouse Candy's interest, but after hearing this, the little man immediately shouted, "Mom, it's so scary! This big bad guy Xiaoshuang is scaring children again!!!"
Chapter completed!