View Full Version : If you ever played street football...
compos mentis
04-03-2009, 08:55 AM
a referee would have come in handy on td's, fg's and pat's!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/04/thekickisgood-1.jpg
Kenova
04-03-2009, 05:32 PM
Damn those things give me the creeps!
My biggest fear is meeting one my size.
Maybe that's why I think they are the most awesome bug out there.
Ken
compos mentis
04-03-2009, 06:28 PM
It's like a bug version of Ugly Betty on steroids...but it's still able to crack a smile ...lol
Those things kill birds. I kid you not. That is not a bug to f with.
Kenova
04-04-2009, 04:58 PM
Those things kill birds. I kid you not. That is not a bug to f with.
Hence, my biggest fear :lol: .
I used to catch them and feed them crickets and grasshoppers. My boys were both grossed out and fascinated.
Ken
compos mentis
04-04-2009, 08:11 PM
Those things kill birds.
You're right.
I had no idea they could do that.
Below is from wikipedia so it must be true (lol)
"Although their diet primarily consists of small invertebrates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate), large mantises have been observed eating small vertebrates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate) such as lizards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizards), mice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse), snakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes), and small birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds) such as hummingbird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbirds)s."
LateNight72
04-04-2009, 08:27 PM
Skip, did you take the picture? If so, awesome!
If not, still awesome!
compos mentis
04-04-2009, 09:23 PM
Skip, did you take the picture? If so, awesome!
If not, still awesome!
Todd, I wish I had..I would have been warm! lol
Here's Johnny Law getting a helping hand administering some desert justice.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
Ralph LoGrasso
04-05-2009, 02:17 PM
Those things kill birds. I kid you not. That is not a bug to f with.
Indeed. It depends on the species, though. Mantises range from very small to fairly large. Definitely not something to f--- with!
Takid455
04-09-2009, 08:15 PM
how do they kill birds? are they poisonous? do they attack in numbers? I've held them and played with them and they seem rather harmless although they documents state their prey is much larger. interesting.
Takid455
04-09-2009, 08:24 PM
just found this..
Sexual behavior is spectacular and often fatal for the male; "a hungry female may decapitate and partially consume a male during copulation without interrupting the transfer of sperm."
that sucks
LateNight72
04-09-2009, 08:51 PM
how do they kill birds? are they poisonous? do they attack in numbers? I've held them and played with them and they seem rather harmless although they documents state their prey is much larger. interesting.
There are species that get large. Very large.
megaladon6
04-11-2009, 04:05 PM
just found this..
Sexual behavior is spectacular and often fatal for the male; "a hungry female may decapitate and partially consume a male during copulation without interrupting the transfer of sperm."
that sucks
at least it keeps the lawyers out of it
at least it keeps the lawyers out of it
lol good one!
To answer the kill question, see those arms with the sharp ends? They jab that into the bird. There's a picture somewhere of a humming bird hanging by the arm and it's sliced open by the mantis.
That lizard picture is cool. Remind me of when my roommate had the chameleon and they would feed it house flies.
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