JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A PRAYING mantis has been caught challenging a crocodile to an excruciating stare-off. Throughout the exchange the daring insect glared at the predator, until he decided he finally broke the stale-mate with a daring climb over the jaws and body of its crocodile foe. Industrial manager Tanto Yensen (35), from Jakarta, Indonesia captured the five-minute exchange on his camera.

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