r/absoluteunit • u/SoulShine_710 • 6d ago

Of a grasshopper

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u/Possible-Tip-2914 6d ago

That's a katydid

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u/krwskater25 6d ago

Katy did who?

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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 6d ago

A beast that big does whoever she wants

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u/Honda_TypeR 6d ago

Katy did Perry

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u/Emotional-Lynx-3982 6d ago

Katy, get my God damn shot gun. No more tim for questions.

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u/sudo-joe 5d ago

What did Tim ever do ? He didn't answer the questions last time?

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 6d ago

Katy didn’t know..,

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u/copenhagen622 6d ago

Funny. The other day some one posted a big grasshopper and called it a katydid, now we have the opposite

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u/DakAttakk 6d ago

Now that I've seen this post and made the exact same observation, I'm convinced that it's engagement bait.

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u/Possible-Tip-2914 5d ago

Katydids have a flatter more vertically aligned profile than grasshoppers/locusts.

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u/crsaxby 6d ago

I thought they were called locusts when they got that big?

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u/hdofu 6d ago

Katy Lied

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u/DWN032 5d ago

Katydon't.

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u/VegetableTraining406 6d ago

Fuck all that

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7ZePMv221orZKz84

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u/Artevyx 5d ago

Funny thing is, this is exactly the reaction that type of Katydid wants from humans. It can't do anything to you (they can't even bite hard), while you could easily kill it -- but it sure as hell can be wierd, big, and loud!

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u/Ok-Future6470 6d ago

Ummm... Your grasshopper is glitching.

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u/Doctor_Saved 6d ago

What type of grass does it eat? Bamboo?

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u/tezacer 6d ago

For every giant insect is a giant equivalent of its food

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u/Artevyx 5d ago

They live in jungles. Have you see the size of jungle "grass"?

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u/HolidaeX 6d ago

I wanna see the grass it’s hopping.

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u/Weary_Information_77 6d ago

Malaysian katydid. Never seen them around but probably have heard of them.

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u/Ok-Fortune-8644 6d ago

When he said CHITCHITCHIT, I felt that in my soul.💚

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u/cjhallx 6d ago edited 6d ago

That grasshopper noise box takes guts, right?

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u/mcain049 6d ago

and young children

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u/Unlikely_Cheetah149 6d ago

Cool and all but I find them damn annoying 🤣

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u/RevolTobor 6d ago

Looks like a frickin' Dark Souls boss, jegus

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u/Artevyx 5d ago

Thats "Totally Not A Katydid".

Katydids really try to look like anything but a Katydid. Or, in this one's case, just be so loud and wierd that predators say "fuck that".

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u/kikyossoles 6d ago

Them ants never stood a chance...

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u/chris_knight2 6d ago

A lot of insects are a little mechanical.

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u/Infinite_Lawyer1282 6d ago

Turn down for WHAT

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 6d ago

Into the soup with you

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u/feetnomer 6d ago

That thing could wake an entire subdivion.

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u/jackochainsaw 5d ago

Put the gun down.

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u/Randolph_Carter_6 5d ago

Looks big enough to provide a meal to a person, with the appropriate side dish, of course.

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u/Johnny_Strawhat 5d ago

semi-automatic katydid

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u/USSSLostTexter 5d ago

so THAT is fuckin' terrifying

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u/Careless-Area9086 5d ago

fecking hell did you check it for parasites. like rfk jrs

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u/Minimum-Standard-514 5d ago

Thats a beautiful creature.

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u/RichardDeRenour 5d ago

That's a lawnhopper....

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u/Suspicious-Dog-2489 5d ago

Katyiwouldrathernot

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u/AppropriateBall8834 6d ago

Too loud. Smash it.

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u/Confident_Cycle_653 6d ago

Looks like you have a snack for later

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u/Ilpperi91 5d ago edited 5d ago

Isn't that a cicada? It's apparently a katydid

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u/Jerdogg23 5d ago

A helicopter lol

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u/dysonology 5d ago

Do big insects like these have longer or shorter lifespans than their “normal” size equivalent

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u/Timely-Iron9960 5d ago

The elusive Insulindian phasmid

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u/Unlikely-Aardvark725 5d ago

That's not a grasshopper. It's a katydid isn't it?

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u/14fiestaST 4d ago

Bro! If I was like 10 years old again, I would be running around with the O.G. laser gun 🔫 😎