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SweetFreedom Posted 11 years ago
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Crouching prey, hidden dragonfly?

Does "Crouching prey, hidden dragonfly" mean "prey that is crouching, dragonfly that is hidden"?

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Crouching prey, hidden dragonfly

The dragonfly’s impressive ability to catch its prey arises from internal calculations about the movements of its prey and itself, a study in Nature reveals.
  

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Yes.

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Does the title imply that dragonfly is smarter than its prey?
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SweetFreedom Does the title imply that dragonfly is smarter than its prey?
No, it gives no indication about it.
By the way, the title is a parody of the name of a movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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