Jonas rolled his eyes privately, then joined in. The first nights were thin with anxiety—footfalls that sounded like grazing animals, a chorus of wings that meant more than air movement. Over time, his notes became thick. He wrote about pauses that were not pauses but negotiations, about shifts in hum when a researcher left the alcove and when she returned.
I watched Dr. Huan Li try to reason with a mantis. It tilted its head—actually tilted it, like a curious dog—and then sheared him in half from crown to pelvis. The mantis then spent 45 minutes arranging his two halves symmetrically on the lab floor. Symmetry. They are not mindless.
Biomechanics & Locomotion
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