It would never happen in real life.

A quail and a praying mantis together?

Except when one is a decorative metal sculpture.

A mantis, a carnivore, is known to eat hummingbirds (in addition to its regular diet of bees and butterflies, et al). And a quail, an omnivore, eats both plants and insects.

"Arthropods (e.g., insects and spiders) are a vital food source for quail in summer and fall, according to Texas A&M's Natural Resources Institute. "They serve as a 'meal ready to eat' (MRE), as they are a crucial source of energy, protein and water for laying hens and growing chicks in particular."

In the real world, a praying mantis and a quail are not a twosome. 

In art world,  yes. This praying mantis climbed to the top of a decorative garden sculpture, looked around, groomed herself, and jumped on another decorative garden sculpture.

If you look closely at one of the images below, though, it appears that the quail and the mantis are one.  

You've probably read the children's book, "Where's Waldo?"

Waldo wanders around the world, gets lost in the crowd or scenery, and it's your job to find him. Where'd he go?

If you have a praying mantis in your yard, you probably play "Where's Waldo?" a lot.

In our yard, it's "Walda." She's a gravid (pregnant) praying mantis and she never stays in one spot for long.

Camouflaged in the bushes, motionless, and deep in "prayer," she's a lost cause.

And then you see where she is. The Stagmomantis limbata. The bushes stir, and the next thing you know, she's gripping a bee in her spiked forelegs.

Where's Walda?

Right there.  Right there.

Interviewer: "Hey, Gulf Fritillary! What happened to you? Something take a chunk out of your wings?"

Miss Gulf Frit: "I dunno. I was just fluttering around the passionflower vine and something grabbed me."

Interviewer: "Do you have any idea what happened?"

Miss Gulf Frit: "Sorry, no. It happened so fast but I managed to escape. A miss is as good as a mile, right? 

Interviewer (turning to praying mantis):  "Ms. Mantis, do you have any idea what happened here?"

Ms. Mantis: "What? You talking to me? You talking to me?"

Interviewer: "Yes, you're the only other one in the passionflower patch."

Ms. Mantis (smiling): "It wasn't me, y'hear. It wasn't me! Okay, well, maybe it was me. I was hungry. I'm still hungry. I missed!" 

Interviewer: "Well, a miss is as good as a smile."

Oh, to be a praying mantis, and hide among the flowers waiting for prey.

On a warm sunny morning in Vacaville, Calif., this female Stagmomantis limbata positioned herself in a patch of Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola.

She lurked beneath a blossom, camouflaged with the green leaves and stems. She groomed herself. It's important to wash up before breakfast and be presentable at the breakfast table and say your prayers.

Then she spotted a honey bee.

Ms. Mantis climbed the stem and peered over the orange petals.

What happened next? Spoiler alert, no breakfast for Ms. Mantis. 

Later, though, another mantis hanging out in a nearby rosebush snagged and ate a small fly and a slow milkweed bug. Satiated, she crawled beneath a leaf, perhaps to digest her breakfast and sleep. You could say she "rose" to the occasion, or you could just say she was hungry.