It's so big, it's huge, it's full of thorns, and it's even moving!

Beware, danger: it's a hedgehog that has just come out of its hole!

Run, run! Run!!

The hedgehog, the big ball of flesh covered in sharp spikes, opened its bloody mouth and rushed towards him.

Banlangen shook off its six legs and crawled as fast as it could, the wind snapping its tentacles back, its jaw brushing over the moss and lichen, fleeing for its life among the lilies, rhododendrons, and roses.

But Banlangen's pursuers refused to give up, and the hedgehog, the behemoth armed with long, sharp thorns, persevered in pursuit.

The air was filled with the terrible musky smell of the hedgehog, and the earth seemed to tremble with every step it took.

On the hedgehog's thorns there are some prey flesh and skin.

If the ants had time to take a good look at it, they would have noticed that there were countless fleas active among the spines.

Banlangen jumped up a steep slope, hoping to get rid of the tracker.

But the hedgehog didn't slow down.

Its spikes are used to prevent falls and, if necessary, act as a cushion.

Sometimes it curls into a ball to make it easier to roll, and then spreads its body again and lands on all fours.

Banlangen continued to pick up speed, and suddenly the ant noticed a sticky white tunnel in front of it.

At first, Banlangen hadn't quite figured out what it was, and the mouth of the tunnel was big enough for an ant to pass through.

What the hell could this be?

To say that it is a burrow for crickets or gnats, this is obviously too big.

Maybe it's a weasel's nest or a spider's nest?

Because the antennae are blown backwards by the wind, the ants cannot rely on this organ to recognize odors.

Unable to use his visual organs, the ants can only see clearly at close range.

Banlangen approached the tunnel, and now it finally saw that the tunnel could not be used to hide.

Wow! OMG! It turned out to be the bloody mouth of a poisonous snake.

There is a venomous snake in the front and a hedgehog in the back.

Obviously, this world was not created for lonely lives.

Suddenly, Banlangen realized a way out: grab and climb a thin branch next to him.

And there, the hedgehog had embedded its long face between the snake's upper and lower jaws.

In the blink of an eye, the hedgehog quickly pulled out its head and sucked the snake's throat, which immediately became entangled, and it did not like to be visited in the depths of its throat.

Banlangen climbed on the branch of the tree and watched in amazement as the two predators attacked each other.

The slender and cold pipes fight fiercely with the hot and piercing balls of flesh.

There was neither timidity nor hatred in the black and beautiful eyes of the viper, but only a desire to put the opponent to death as soon as possible.

It pierced deadly fangs in succession.

The hedgehog felt a panic, and it struggled and tried to attack the viper's abdomen with its spikes.

The animal showed an unusual agility, reaching out its claws and violently tearing at the scales of the snake that fended off the sharp stingers.

But the long cold whip tightened tighter and tighter, and the snake's mouth opened wide, revealing two fangs, which were dripping with deadly venom.

In general, a hedgehog is not afraid of snake venom unless it can accurately bite its throat.

The battle went on endlessly, and Banlangen began to get impatient.

Suddenly, Banlangen noticed that the branch under his feet was moving slowly.

At first, Banlangen thought it was because of the wind, but when the "branches" moved forward from the big branches, Banlangen was confused.

The "branches" swayed gently as they walked along.

After a while, another branch was climbed.

It didn't take long for it to start crawling towards the trunk again.

Banlangen stayed on top of the moving "branches", very surprised, and did not know where the monster was going.

Banlangen looked down, and then he understood what was going on.

The "branch" had eyes and a lot of legs.

It wasn't a tree spirit grass monster, it was just a stick insect.

This slender and fragile insect relies on "mimicry" to defend itself against predators.

It can be dressed up in twigs, bamboo joints, young leaves, and plant stems depending on the environment.

The camouflage of this stick insect is quite ingenious.

It has the texture of wood fibers and brown spots, as if it has been bitten by termites.

In addition to mimicry, slow movement is also a great trick for stick insects.

Because no one would think of attacking something that moves slowly, or even barely moves.

Banlangen is actually attending a courtship ceremony for stick insects.

The smaller male stick insect is approaching the female, and it only moves every 20 seconds.

The female stick insect is moving away from the male.

However, the male stick insect is too slow to catch up with the female stick insect at all.

However, it doesn't matter, female stick insects have long been accustomed to the outrageous slowness of their opposite-sex partners.

In order to solve the problem of reproduction, some populations have found a special method - parthenogenesis, so why mate again.

Female stick insects don't need a partner of the opposite sex at all, they just reproduce their offspring: think about it, and give birth.

It seems that the "branch" at the foot of Banlangen is female, because she suddenly lays eggs.

One by one, naturally quite slowly, the eggs jumped from leaf to leaf and fell onto another, like condensed raindrops.

The cattlebugs are so camouflaged that even their eggs resemble plant seeds.

Banlangen gently bites the "branch" to see if it can be used to fill the stomach.

But stick insects, in addition to using mimicry to protect themselves, will also play dead.

As soon as the tip of Banlangen's jaw touched the insect, she immediately fell straight to the ground.

Banlangen didn't care about that.

At this time, the poisonous snake and the hedgehog had disappeared without a trace, and Banlangen chased after him boldly and confidently and continued to bite and eat stick insects.