The Cellar - 8/13/2005: Praying mantis kills hummingbird

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Holy crap! My wife and kids were holding one of these things Saturday night! Has anyone every picked one of these things up? These are the one of the most intimidating insects you'll ever run across. It's head and bodies will weave and bob and turn it's head while it tracks your movements around it. Thing looks like it could f*** you up if your not careful. :mg:

praying mantis = faith-based predator or is that preying mantis?

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

did you know that if you fold your arms into a mantis like pose, and sway side to side in front of a mantis, it will attempt to attack you? no shit. try it next time you see one.

What are you, nuts? Did you SEE what it did to that hummingbird?? You'd be takin' your life in your hands, pal...

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

praying mantis = faith-based predator or is that preying mantis?

praying that another hummingbird flies past so he can prey on it........

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

praying mantis = faith-based predator or is that preying mantis?

Praying.

:ipray:

i do believe the Praying Mantis is the Connecticut state bug :cool:

When I was in kindergarten I brought a praying mantis and a grasshopper to show and tell. When I opened it, I had a praying mantis and some grasshopper wings.

:cry: I bet you cried

Despite what we've been told all our lives, apparently it's not illegal to kill them.

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Originally Posted by RobPett

What are you, nuts? Did you SEE what it did to that hummingbird?? You'd be takin' your life in your hands, pal...

Welcome to the cellar RobPett. And yes, LJ is nuts but we love him anyway.

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

When I was in kindergarten I brought a praying mantis and a grasshopper to show and tell. When I opened it, I had a praying mantis and some grasshopper wings.

:eek: oooooops

Yeah, and he cried :cry: :D

It wasn't show and tell for me, but we used to get a mayonnaise jar and poke some holes in the lid. Then the bug safari would begin! We'd catch all kinds of bugs and put them in the jar together. It was a tiny bug-star cage match. We put in ants and earwigs and june bugs and butterflies and grasshoppers and worms and bees and spiders one on one.

The BEST match of all time was the [announcer voice] in this corner, wearing the green trunks, crawling in at four inches long, with a 1 1/2 reach and hooked claws, PRAAAAAAYING MAAAAAAAAATIS! His opponent, in the yellow and black trunks, an acrobatic flyer with a poisonous sting, YELLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOW JAAAAAAAAAAAAACKET!! Death Match.[/announcer] Putting them both in and shaking the jar really good probably hurt the praying mantis more than the yellow jacket, but it was no match really.

Evil flying villian with a poisonous ass notwithstanding, it's a praying mantis' world, baby. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, snatch, bite, dingdingding. The winnah and still champeeeen! The Mantis!!!!

Oh my god, those poor little critters. The spiders must have had a field day eating anything they desired, and silver service also. :worried:

Hey BigV, did you also light your Matchbox cars on fire, pretending they crashed? If so you coulda hung out with my big brother.