Observation: You Observe "Shaky Leaf Walking" in a Video of a Madagascaran

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Essay

Observation: You observe "shaky leaf walking" in a video of a Madagascaran mantid (one of about 1,800 species, a member of one of dozens of genera of mantids, which constitute one of eight families of mantids).
Hypothesis: The behavior is effective as camouflage because it makes the mantid look like a dried leaf blown about on the leaf litter of the forest floor or a trembling leaf on a low-lying shrub.
State a prediction from this hypothesis that could be tested via additional observation.

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