8/13/2005: Praying mantis kills hummingbird - Page 2

Cyclefrance · 08-14-2005, 06:30 AM

Sure is a charismatic little fella - the way he pulls the birds...

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Sure is a charismatic little fella - the way he pulls the birds...

Hmmm.....Brit humor....ah, humour.

Leah · 08-14-2005, 06:32 PM

Yuck I hate those things, I'd have to squish it and save the bird.

Hobbs · 08-15-2005, 09:52 AM

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.

cjjulie · 08-15-2005, 07:58 PM

i do believe the Praying Mantis is the Connecticut state bug

barefoot serpent · 08-15-2005, 11:57 AM

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

Queen of the Ryche · 08-15-2005, 01:06 PM

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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........

Happy Monkey · 08-15-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

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

Praying.

CaliforniaMama · 08-13-2011, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

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

Praying, because when they are at rest they fold their arms into an attitude of prayer.

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Happy Monkey · 08-15-2005, 08:56 PM

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.

Leah · 08-15-2005, 09:00 PM

I bet you cried

cjjulie · 08-16-2005, 09:03 PM

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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.

oooooops

Leah · 08-16-2005, 09:33 PM

Yeah, and he cried

wolf · 08-16-2005, 01:30 AM

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

BigV · 08-16-2005, 09:51 PM

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!!!!

08-14-2005, 06:30 AM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Sure is a charismatic little fella - the way he pulls the birds... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

08-15-2005, 09:52 AM	#4
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	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. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps! Last edited by Hobbs; 08-15-2005 at 11:54 AM. Reason: Geeze, I wish this thing had spell check

08-15-2005, 07:58 PM	#5
cjjulie Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: CT Posts: 201	i do believe the Praying Mantis is the Connecticut state bug __________________ Fun,Fearless,Female

08-15-2005, 08:56 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	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. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-16-2005, 01:30 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Despite what we've been told all our lives, apparently it's not illegal to kill them. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-14-2005, 06:32 PM	#3
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Yuck I hate those things, I'd have to squish it and save the bird.

08-15-2005, 11:57 AM	#6
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	praying mantis = faith-based predator or is that preying mantis?

08-15-2005, 09:00 PM	#11
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	I bet you cried

08-16-2005, 09:33 PM	#13
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Yeah, and he cried

08-16-2005, 09:51 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	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!!!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 08-16-2005 at 10:04 PM.

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