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Micheal Dietrich Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2007.08.27 00:12:00 - [1] I've always loved the preying mantis but today I've seen the true awesome of this insect. Normally I just catch them eating grasshoppers, but this was way more. I went into my garage earlier to find the carwash solution when I noticed a preying mantis in a web with nothing less than a Black Widow bearing down on him. I was about to kill the Widow myself when the mantis used his lightning fast kung fu grip and snared the widow and proceeded to eat it head first. I tried to grab my camera to film it but by the time I got back he was already on the last leg. I pulled him out of the web and transplanted him to some plants I have on my deck and went about my business. Just checked up on the little guy just now and there he is snacking on a hornet with the half eaten bodies of 2 more by him. He's a unstoppable killing machine and this just goes to show the coolness of these little guys. ___________________________ Never Forget, Never Forgive
Constantine Arcanum PURE Legion Pure.	Posted - 2007.08.27 00:16:00 - [2] preying mantises are awesome, there was one on my garden table eating locusts twice its size
Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2007.08.27 00:24:00 - [3] Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you.
defiler Mad Hermit	Posted - 2007.08.27 03:12:00 - [4] Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you. Dying while getting laid seems like one of the better ways to go imho. Only downside is that you only score once ofc... Oh, and it's praying mantis. Mad Hermit corporation Minding our own business since 2004
Imperator Jora'h	Posted - 2007.08.27 03:33:00 - [5] Originally by: defiler Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you. Dying while getting laid seems like one of the better ways to go imho. Only downside is that you only score once ofc... It's all in the details. Ordinarily I'd agree with you but having your head ripped off and getting eaten (literally...not the fun way) by your mate does not sound good...even if I am getting laid. In fact I think the head is removed to make the whole thing, uhm, work so the male doesn't even get his moment of pleasure. How in the world Mother Nature ever came up with this method as a viable reproduction strategy I have no idea.
Micheal Dietrich Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2007.08.27 05:23:00 - [6] Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: defiler Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you. Dying while getting laid seems like one of the better ways to go imho. Only downside is that you only score once ofc... It's all in the details. Ordinarily I'd agree with you but having your head ripped off and getting eaten (literally...not the fun way) by your mate does not sound good...even if I am getting laid. In fact I think the head is removed to make the whole thing, uhm, work so the male doesn't even get his moment of pleasure. How in the world Mother Nature ever came up with this method as a viable reproduction strategy I have no idea. Well we all know how women get those late night cravings when they're pregnant. Personally if we had this as a human trait that'd be one hell of a population control. Out of the dozen or so mantis's that I found over the weekend I think I spotted only one female and she was huge. Was almost the length of my hand. And it actually is preying mantis. The term 'praying' mantis comes into effect because it's front legs/claws are always in a praying gesture. And now Rocky (I named my little champ here) has also caught himself a massive locust. I've never seen one mantis eat so much in one day. ___________________________ Never Forget, Never Forgive
Tarminic Black Flame Industries	Posted - 2007.08.27 06:11:00 - [7] Praying Manti (Mantises? Mantis'? Gah) Are kind of like the Kung Fu masters of the insect world. ------------ Whiners - Unite! \| Posting and You Tarminic - Forum Warfare Specialist.
Scorpyn Caldari Infinitus Odium The Church.	Posted - 2007.08.27 13:25:00 - [8] There is a youtube video of a preying mantis that kills and starts to eat a mouse. 2007-07-19 20:26
Sakura Nihil Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.08.27 15:59:00 - [9] Win. If I ever get a house with a garden, I seriously need to get me one or two of them.
Derovius Vaden	Posted - 2007.08.27 16:52:00 - [10] Edited by: Derovius Vaden on 27/08/2007 16:53:54 Originally by: defiler Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you. Dying while getting laid seems like one of the better ways to go imho. Only downside is that you only score once ofc... Oh, and it's praying mantis. I think I read somewhere that the female only eats the male if she is really really hungry, and its not a normal occurance. I believe the article also said that if the male doesn't dismount, the female can't eat him if she is indeed hungry. I lol'ed a little when I read that last part. EDIT: Proof

defiler Mad Hermit	Posted - 2007.08.27 17:58:00 - [11] Originally by: Derovius Vaden I think I read somewhere that the female only eats the male if she is really really hungry, and its not a normal occurance. I believe the article also said that if the male doesn't dismount, the female can't eat him if she is indeed hungry. I lol'ed a little when I read that last part. EDIT: Proof Correct, they don't always get eaten, somehow managed to disregard that fact in my post. And yes, it is pretty funny. "Aren't you going to dismount?" "No thank you, I'm quite comfy back here". Can't stay forever though, and the longer he waits the hungrier she gets... Mad Hermit corporation Minding our own business since 2004
Sharupak Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Rule of Three	Posted - 2007.08.27 18:01:00 - [12] Originally by: Micheal Dietrich I've always loved the preying mantis but today I've seen the true awesome of this insect. Normally I just catch them eating grasshoppers, but this was way more. I went into my garage earlier to find the carwash solution when I noticed a preying mantis in a web with nothing less than a Black Widow bearing down on him. I was about to kill the Widow myself when the mantis used his lightning fast kung fu grip and snared the widow and proceeded to eat it head first. I tried to grab my camera to film it but by the time I got back he was already on the last leg. I pulled him out of the web and transplanted him to some plants I have on my deck and went about my business. Just checked up on the little guy just now and there he is snacking on a hornet with the half eaten bodies of 2 more by him. He's a unstoppable killing machine and this just goes to show the coolness of these little guys. Yes, just wait until he finds the girl of his dreams! _______________________________________________ RuntimeError: ChainEvent is blocking by design, but you're block trapped. You have'll have to find some alternative means to do Your Thing, dude.
Micheal Dietrich Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2007.08.27 18:02:00 - [13] Originally by: defiler Originally by: Derovius Vaden I think I read somewhere that the female only eats the male if she is really really hungry, and its not a normal occurance. I believe the article also said that if the male doesn't dismount, the female can't eat him if she is indeed hungry. I lol'ed a little when I read that last part. EDIT: Proof Correct, they don't always get eaten, somehow managed to disregard that fact in my post. And yes, it is pretty funny. "Aren't you going to dismount?" "No thank you, I'm quite comfy back here". Can't stay forever though, and the longer he waits the hungrier she gets... And the lesson of the day: Always make sure you have a escape plan for the morning after ___________________________ Never Forget, Never Forgive
Death Kill Caldari direkte	Posted - 2007.08.27 18:04:00 - [14] Supprised no one posted the picture of a mantis kung fooing a BIRD Caldari and proud
Mr Jay Imperial Shipment	Posted - 2007.08.27 23:13:00 - [15] Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: defiler Originally by: Imperator Jora'h Originally by: Constantine Arcanum preying mantises are awesome... Unless you are a male Preying Mantis in which case sucks to be you. Dying while getting laid seems like one of the better ways to go imho. Only downside is that you only score once ofc... It's all in the details. Ordinarily I'd agree with you but having your head ripped off and getting eaten (literally...not the fun way) by your mate does not sound good...even if I am getting laid. In fact I think the head is removed to make the whole thing, uhm, work so the male doesn't even get his moment of pleasure. How in the world Mother Nature ever came up with this method as a viable reproduction strategy I have no idea. If I were a male praying mantis, I'd not give the female the chance to rip my head of, cos I'd take those *****es from behind Exploit?
Skraeling Shortbus Caldari Gallente Federal Bank	Posted - 2007.08.28 21:32:00 - [16] Mouse 0 Mantis 1
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar Sicarri Covenant	Posted - 2007.08.28 21:52:00 - [17] Edited by: Surfin''s PlunderBunny on 28/08/2007 21:52:55 Life of Celebacy or a gruesome death... wow, tough choice Mr. Jay, that would be an exploit... better choice would be a MWD and a cloak Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking ~Liz Kali
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.28 23:21:00 - [18] 1: It is praying mantis, not preying. The word "mantis" means "prophet", so the name means "praying holy-person". 2: Although the female almost always tries to eat the male, it is by no means necessary. Most males actively try to avoid being eaten, and some even manage to succeed. It does not appear to be in any way biologically necessary. 3: Plural is "mantids", which sounds totally freaking awesome --------
Constantine Arcanum PURE Legion Pure.	Posted - 2007.08.29 00:41:00 - [19] Originally by: Patch86 1: It is praying mantis, not preying. The word "mantis" means "prophet", so the name means "praying holy-person". 2: Although the female almost always tries to eat the male, it is by no means necessary. Most males actively try to avoid being eaten, and some even manage to succeed. It does not appear to be in any way biologically necessary. 3: Plural is "mantids", which sounds totally freaking awesome I realise it's Praying Mantis now, I only typed 'Preying' because I was in autopilot and the people before me had spelt it like that. Gods of spelling, forgiveth me!
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.29 01:03:00 - [20] Originally by: Constantine Arcanum Originally by: Patch86 1: It is praying mantis, not preying. The word "mantis" means "prophet", so the name means "praying holy-person". 2: Although the female almost always tries to eat the male, it is by no means necessary. Most males actively try to avoid being eaten, and some even manage to succeed. It does not appear to be in any way biologically necessary. 3: Plural is "mantids", which sounds totally freaking awesome I realise it's Praying Mantis now, I only typed 'Preying' because I was in autopilot and the people before me had spelt it like that. Gods of spelling, forgiveth me! I was more ragging on Micheal Dietrich, who was insisting it was "preying" in his post --------

Micheal Dietrich Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2007.08.29 05:08:00 - [21] It doesn't matter how it's spelled, we're just discussing how cool they are! BTW, I did a google search and it comes up both ways like I SAID it would. ___________________________ Never Forget, Never Forgive
Derovius Vaden	Posted - 2007.08.29 05:13:00 - [22] Originally by: Micheal Dietrich It doesn't matter how it's spelled, we're just discussing how cool they are! BTW, I did a google search and it comes up both ways like I SAID it would. Its actually a common mistake, people assume that its preying because the mantis is a predator (thus, preying on insects) rather than the true meaning derived by the manner in which it holds its forelimbs, thus praying.
Micheal Dietrich Cynical Cartel	Posted - 2007.08.29 05:16:00 - [23] Sigh. I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow if I can find my camera to pc cord I'll post some pics of Rocky. I lost track of him the other day though. Theres about 7 mantises on my deck in front of the house that I've been keeping tabs on. ___________________________ Never Forget, Never Forgive
Derovius Vaden	Posted - 2007.08.29 05:22:00 - [24] Originally by: Micheal Dietrich Sigh. I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow if I can find my camera to pc cord I'll post some pics of Rocky. I lost track of him the other day though. Theres about 7 mantises on my deck in front of the house that I've been keeping tabs on. If only they would eat one another and form one giant insecting killing machine; such would be worth of fraps.
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.08.29 05:29:00 - [25] preying mantis sounds more badass, therefore it has more win Why there should be a breathalyzer to login to Eve-Forums: Quote: Smacking my own alt in a nerf-thread while drunk, he was irritating a Hauler full of tech II n00bs, Oops.
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.29 10:37:00 - [26] If I must: Quote: Did you mean: praying mantis --------
XrayZ Euphoria Foundation	Posted - 2007.08.29 16:43:00 - [27] those are some ******up mosnters... my buddy got attacked by one of those, it was charging for my head and i moved away... my m8 got it on hes chest and it "punched" him twice. that was like 3 months ago and he still has two little marks left. -------------------------------------- Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed filesize of 24000 bytes -Lord Harold (mods@ccpgames.com)
Hyuuga Veralis Pator Tech School	Posted - 2007.09.01 07:32:00 - [28] Originally by: Mr Jay ] If I were a male praying mantis, I'd not give the female the chance to rip my head of, cos I'd take those *****es from behind Want to guess the position praying mantis mate in? You're right where she wants you.
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar Sicarri Covenant	Posted - 2007.09.01 07:38:00 - [29] Originally by: XrayZ those are some ******up mosnters... my buddy got attacked by one of those, it was charging for my head and i moved away... my m8 got it on hes chest and it "punched" him twice. that was like 3 months ago and he still has two little marks left. YARRRRRRR!!! Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking ~Liz Kali
XrayZ Euphoria Foundation	Posted - 2007.09.01 09:22:00 - [30] Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny Originally by: XrayZ those are some ******up mosnters... my buddy got attacked by one of those, it was charging for my head and i moved away... my m8 got it on hes chest and it "punched" him twice. that was like 3 months ago and he still has two little marks left. YARRRRRRR!!! -------------------------------------- Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed filesize of 24000 bytes -Lord Harold (mods@ccpgames.com)



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