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'Reading Mantis,' a roughly 20-foot recycled-metal sculpture by artist Tim Pace, depicts a giant praying mantis wearing glasses and reading a book, painted pale green, outside the Jackson-Madison County Library.
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Praying Mantis
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Approximate location · 35.623° N, 88.814° W
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A 20-foot metal praying mantis sculpture outside a public library, freely viewable.
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Jackson-Madison County Library, 433 E Lafayette St, Jackson, Tennessee.
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