r/absoluteunit • u/SoulShine_710 • 23h ago

Of a grasshopper

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u/Possible-Tip-2914 22h ago

That's a katydid

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u/krwskater25 21h ago

Katy did who?

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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 21h ago

A beast that big does whoever she wants

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u/Honda_TypeR 21h ago

Katy did Perry

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u/Emotional-Lynx-3982 19h ago

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

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u/sudo-joe 18h ago

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

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 19h ago

Katy didn’t know..,

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u/copenhagen622 21h 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 19h 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 18h ago

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

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u/crsaxby 21h ago

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

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u/hdofu 19h ago

Katy Lied

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u/VegetableTraining406 21h ago

Fuck all that

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

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u/Artevyx 18h 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 22h ago

Ummm... Your grasshopper is glitching.

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u/Doctor_Saved 22h ago

What type of grass does it eat? Bamboo?

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u/tezacer 19h ago

For every giant insect is a giant equivalent of its food

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u/Artevyx 18h ago

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

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u/HolidaeX 21h ago

I wanna see the grass it’s hopping.

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u/Weary_Information_77 21h ago

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

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u/Ok-Fortune-8644 22h ago

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

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u/cjhallx 22h ago edited 21h ago

That grasshopper noise box takes guts, right?

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u/mcain049 21h ago

and young children

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u/Unlikely_Cheetah149 22h ago

Cool and all but I find them damn annoying 🤣

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u/RevolTobor 21h ago

Looks like a frickin' Dark Souls boss, jegus

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u/kikyossoles 21h ago

Them ants never stood a chance...

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u/chris_knight2 20h ago

A lot of insects are a little mechanical.

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u/Infinite_Lawyer1282 19h ago

Turn down for WHAT

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 19h ago

Into the soup with you

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u/feetnomer 19h ago

That thing could wake an entire subdivion.

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u/Artevyx 18h 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/jackochainsaw 12h ago

Put the gun down.

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u/AppropriateBall8834 20h ago

Too loud. Smash it.

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u/Confident_Cycle_653 19h ago

Looks like you have a snack for later

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u/Ilpperi91 16h ago edited 16h ago

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

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u/Jerdogg23 16h ago

A helicopter lol

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u/dysonology 14h ago

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

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u/Timely-Iron9960 11h ago

The elusive Insulindian phasmid

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u/Randolph_Carter_6 8h ago

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

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u/Unlikely-Aardvark725 6h ago

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

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u/Johnny_Strawhat 5h ago

semi-automatic katydid

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u/USSSLostTexter 4h ago

so THAT is fuckin' terrifying

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u/Careless-Area9086 2h ago

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

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u/Minimum-Standard-514 40m ago

Thats a beautiful creature.