Assertion: mantis | /r/CapableOf | wait for prey
Facets:
value: with its front arms
type: MANNER
value: patiently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hiding in plain sight allows the Mantis to be able to wait patiently for prey.
text: The erroneous belief that the characteristic position of mantids waiting for prey has a religious significance has been the basis of many superstitious tales about them.
text: Some of a mantises favorite meals are drawn to the sugary water of the hummingbird feeder, so feeders are a great place for mantids to await their prey.
text: It sits and waits for its prey with its front arms raised, giving it the appearance of praying.
text: Praying mantises wait to ambush or patiently stalk their prey; but once they’re ready to strike, they do so with lightning speed, attacking with those big front legs so quickly that it’s hard to see with the naked eye.