Brutal bug battle ends in a seriously surprising twist

Is there an Oscar for most surprising plot twist? If not, there should be — and it should go to whoever filmed these two bugs duking it out.

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The 49-second video, uploaded by Khalid Alomani onto YouTube, Sunday, of a cockroach and what looks like a hornet sparring appears to be little more than that, until the bugs' fight comes to an abrupt end.

Here, just take a look at this epic showdown:

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Did you see that?!? After the hornet pulled off a couple of the cockroach's legs, some sort of lizard — we're guessing a gecko — came seemingly out of nowhere and ended the fight with one big swallow. Insane.

Sure, the video was just documenting nature, but I think we can all agree that this twist rivals those written by William Shakespeare, M. Night Shyamalan, and Christopher Nolan combined.

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