7:04The Rise of My New Pet Mantis
Curiosity Gap
- Day 1 shows a speck on a fingertip, while Day 30 shows a flowered alien of an insect.
- Everything between those two frames is missing.
- The labels promise a big change while hiding how it happened, so you click to watch the middle.
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Title
The title frames the change as a pet's story, adding warmth to the science.
Thumbnail
The thumbnail pairs the tiny Day 1 mantis with the striking Day 30 adult across an arrow.
Use this when your subject changes dramatically over time. Place the start and the end side by side with plain day labels, and let the gap between them ask the question for you.
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Show start and end, sell the missing middle
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