Dec 4, 2020 9:30 PM
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AaronSouth
jesus fucking christ
OvergrownDwarf
I would never hug a praying mantis even in time of emotional need.
DesirousYeti
LatexVulpus
There is a cute. Tactical mantis
MidwestGamer69
ChanMan9000
Thank God those are smaller than us !
layasd
Have you seen bigger species and humans? Usually I would call them lucky...Otherwise they would probably be a delicateness
jtxyz
That's the best part! When winter comes the gorillas simply freeze to death!
DiaboVelho
Underrated comment.
TheLastKingOfSomewhere
socketcommunicator
"Dave, stop. Dave, my mind is going."
planetinline
Murder hornet still trying to sting the death mantis even as it's brain is being digested.
RedditBurnerAccount
Bugs usually have several brains! They're weird asf
FarceMajeure
I think that was like a nerve response as mandibles worked through its brain
TheOneWhoSucks
Insect nervous systems are weird like that. Saw a video of a wasp pick up its decapitated head and fly away with it awhile back.
Found it.
caledric
It should be noted that 9 times out of 10 the mantis loses this fight.
GoFTW
sauce?
One does not doubt Ozzyman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnKj5F4HRms
dcobrigan
Well this got disturbing VERY quickly
ChuckKarma
The stinger is like "have at it then!" the whole time.
Respectablecrazy
Looks like a set-up. I'm cool with it, but yeah.
AtsaMattaForMe
EatingSnow
TwoStupidDogs
Sssh shh shhh ssssshhh imma just eat head now ssshhhh
kiddomac
That‘s metal AF
ImPerfectlyHappyWithTheDroolingDolts
MF'er eatin his damn head off. Took his time too
Notthewatdabney
Mmm... brains.
MyUsernameHas22letters
gearsfan1549
zombie killing spree!
missojennie
Ajdamus
BenDickinson
It looked drugged?
ScatterJ0Y
Just ate its head clean off.
NotVeryCashMoneyOfYou
I mean.. wow. Could you imagine getting your head completely devoured tiny bite by tiny bite? That would really suck..
srlfish
v
quelin
treatment like that can cost ya a pretty penny in Amsterdam
CaptainOrbit
Ma man out here eatin ass like a pro
strideo
vash77
I have watched enough Japanese bug fights to know that that hornet was sedated. The only thing I've seen beat one was a massive centipede.
roketboy1987
My thoughts exactly. Make it fair and have the both non sedated and facing each other.
rbudrick
TIL japanese bug fights.
NeverEnoughFoxes
Mantis: "All I need now are some Fava beans and a nice Chianti..."
Paulrog
Ooh! That was a joke, not just Lector being vulgar. MAOIs cannot be mixed with liver, beans, or wine. And now you know a thing.
knotbuddha
That is meta as shizer. Thanks for the insight.
JamesAHarrod
tenaciousjeebs
ThomasTheWankEnglne
OW COULD YOU NOT
SmooveDoober
Emphasis on "ow"
crazymojomonkey
nnnnnGotcha bitch!!
LegendaryGarf
I used to be a murder hornet until I took a mantis to the -k̶n̶e̶e̶- face
SketchyRupert
Hahaha!
PennySenorme
Jesus the head eating
DocTini
No, I could not not
jjw9
Interesting trivia: insects have do not have perceptions of pain.
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BishlamekGurpgork
Huh. Makes sense to me.
jakrabid
drexl3000
kept scrolling decided to go back cause of praying mantis to hopefully see zorak +1
Fun fact: Zorak is a confirmed virgin
CompletelyOrdinaryBystander
This might be the only time I'm perfectly okay seeing a creature have its eyes eaten while still alive.
Kelfezond
Having fed many mantids myself I can say that you're always secretly praying they start from the head end so it's over quicker!
neeners
I saw a duck peck out the eyes of a spawning salmon. F’ing metal.
Imademyselfsquirtle
DO NOT SEARCH "WATER BUFFALO EATEN BY HYENAS FROM THE BALLS FIRST"... I warned you...
ekzeko
Or any other black friday video, really.
I’m for mantis over murder hornet, too. But that hornet was not at 100% before the ambush. There other mantis vs. murder hornet footage ..
Yup. Both have power to kill each other. I guess it is about luck in this case. Both are terminators.
that shows murder hornet getting behind mantis and biting off its head at the slender neck.
JetSkiJeff
Holy sh!t!
Rodvitner
Cant just talk about that and not kink it
Here’s one kink ;-) https://youtu.be/VN-fk4CM7Uo
I stand by my mistake
fadingtheory
That kind of Praying Mantis is an invasive species as well. Actually kind of a problem, they eat the big pollinators.
Blightsteel101
Let's hope they start supersizing their meals with these hornets
ZeiQuenDi
And humming birds?
dingosmush
Not to worry, we'll release snakes tobeat the mantis'.
These mantis' can eat smaller snakes
Then we'll release parrots to consume the mantis'.
ToSisPoS
And then some Siberian climbing weasels to eat the snakes! Of course they’re reservoir animals for plague, so we’ll need venom hawks...
Trankia12
Id rather have the mantises. Thanks.
MrSmilingDeath
It's alright, we can then release some alligators to eat the snakes.
I'D RATHER HAVE THE MANTISES! THANKS!
disabledwerewolf
Invasive where?
somedudeyoumightknow
Depends. There are two invasive species in the USA, Chinese and European. The Carolina Mantis is native. However, the Chinese mantis 1/
Was brought accidentally in the turn of the 19th century(1896), but it is huge and can eat lizards and humming birds. The Euro mantis 2/
was introduced on purpose to control Gypsy Moths...so there's that... 3/
https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/invasive-mantis-species
Whyyeah
do honey bees count as big pollinators?
MimiBeast
Technically wasps are good too, but these mf's don't have any predators here and have big destructive potential.
they do in Southwest Virginia
Gerokeymaster
Fun Fact: Honey bees aren't native to NA, either. That's why they're also sometimes called "european honey bees". Part of our big issue /1
ZoidbergIsGreat
This is true. We can help our bees by planting more pollinating plants and allowing natural habitats to be undisturbed. And bee houses
with them dying out is they've had about 300 years to wipe out the vast majority of native bees and take over their niche, so now we're /2
Steffn
Honey bees aren't dying out, the industry just had a few bad years.
left with a single species doing what used to be the job of several hundred species. And anything that affects that ones species can now /3
completely screw over two entire continents' food supplies, all because humans like tasty honey and docile bees...
AaronSouth
jesus fucking christ
OvergrownDwarf
I would never hug a praying mantis even in time of emotional need.
DesirousYeti
LatexVulpus
There is a cute. Tactical mantis
MidwestGamer69
ChanMan9000
Thank God those are smaller than us !
layasd
Have you seen bigger species and humans? Usually I would call them lucky...Otherwise they would probably be a delicateness
jtxyz
That's the best part! When winter comes the gorillas simply freeze to death!
DiaboVelho
Underrated comment.
TheLastKingOfSomewhere
socketcommunicator
"Dave, stop. Dave, my mind is going."
planetinline
Murder hornet still trying to sting the death mantis even as it's brain is being digested.
RedditBurnerAccount
Bugs usually have several brains! They're weird asf
FarceMajeure
I think that was like a nerve response as mandibles worked through its brain
TheOneWhoSucks
Insect nervous systems are weird like that. Saw a video of a wasp pick up its decapitated head and fly away with it awhile back.
TheOneWhoSucks
Found it.
caledric
It should be noted that 9 times out of 10 the mantis loses this fight.
GoFTW
sauce?
caledric
One does not doubt Ozzyman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnKj5F4HRms
dcobrigan
Well this got disturbing VERY quickly
ChuckKarma
The stinger is like "have at it then!" the whole time.
Respectablecrazy
Looks like a set-up. I'm cool with it, but yeah.
AtsaMattaForMe
EatingSnow
TwoStupidDogs
Sssh shh shhh ssssshhh imma just eat head now ssshhhh
kiddomac
That‘s metal AF
ImPerfectlyHappyWithTheDroolingDolts
MF'er eatin his damn head off. Took his time too
Notthewatdabney
Mmm... brains.
MyUsernameHas22letters
gearsfan1549
zombie killing spree!
missojennie
Ajdamus
BenDickinson
It looked drugged?
ScatterJ0Y
Just ate its head clean off.
NotVeryCashMoneyOfYou
I mean.. wow. Could you imagine getting your head completely devoured tiny bite by tiny bite? That would really suck..
srlfish
quelin
treatment like that can cost ya a pretty penny in Amsterdam
CaptainOrbit
Ma man out here eatin ass like a pro
strideo
vash77
I have watched enough Japanese bug fights to know that that hornet was sedated. The only thing I've seen beat one was a massive centipede.
roketboy1987
My thoughts exactly. Make it fair and have the both non sedated and facing each other.
vash77
rbudrick
TIL japanese bug fights.
NeverEnoughFoxes
Mantis: "All I need now are some Fava beans and a nice Chianti..."
Paulrog
Ooh! That was a joke, not just Lector being vulgar. MAOIs cannot be mixed with liver, beans, or wine. And now you know a thing.
knotbuddha
That is meta as shizer. Thanks for the insight.
JamesAHarrod
tenaciousjeebs
ThomasTheWankEnglne
OW COULD YOU NOT
SmooveDoober
Emphasis on "ow"
crazymojomonkey
nnnnnGotcha bitch!!
LegendaryGarf
I used to be a murder hornet until I took a mantis to the -k̶n̶e̶e̶- face
SketchyRupert
Hahaha!
strideo
PennySenorme
Jesus the head eating
DocTini
No, I could not not
jjw9
Interesting trivia: insects have do not have perceptions of pain.
[deleted]
[deleted]
BishlamekGurpgork
Huh. Makes sense to me.
jakrabid
drexl3000
kept scrolling decided to go back cause of praying mantis to hopefully see zorak +1
jakrabid
Fun fact: Zorak is a confirmed virgin
CompletelyOrdinaryBystander
This might be the only time I'm perfectly okay seeing a creature have its eyes eaten while still alive.
Kelfezond
Having fed many mantids myself I can say that you're always secretly praying they start from the head end so it's over quicker!
neeners
I saw a duck peck out the eyes of a spawning salmon. F’ing metal.
Imademyselfsquirtle
DO NOT SEARCH "WATER BUFFALO EATEN BY HYENAS FROM THE BALLS FIRST"... I warned you...
ekzeko
Or any other black friday video, really.
jjw9
I’m for mantis over murder hornet, too. But that hornet was not at 100% before the ambush. There other mantis vs. murder hornet footage ..
Ajdamus
Yup. Both have power to kill each other. I guess it is about luck in this case. Both are terminators.
jjw9
that shows murder hornet getting behind mantis and biting off its head at the slender neck.
JetSkiJeff
Holy sh!t!
Rodvitner
Cant just talk about that and not kink it
jjw9
Here’s one kink ;-) https://youtu.be/VN-fk4CM7Uo
Rodvitner
I stand by my mistake
fadingtheory
That kind of Praying Mantis is an invasive species as well. Actually kind of a problem, they eat the big pollinators.
Blightsteel101
Let's hope they start supersizing their meals with these hornets
ZeiQuenDi
And humming birds?
dingosmush
Not to worry, we'll release snakes tobeat the mantis'.
fadingtheory
These mantis' can eat smaller snakes
dingosmush
Then we'll release parrots to consume the mantis'.
ToSisPoS
And then some Siberian climbing weasels to eat the snakes! Of course they’re reservoir animals for plague, so we’ll need venom hawks...
Trankia12
Id rather have the mantises. Thanks.
MrSmilingDeath
It's alright, we can then release some alligators to eat the snakes.
Trankia12
I'D RATHER HAVE THE MANTISES! THANKS!
disabledwerewolf
Invasive where?
somedudeyoumightknow
Depends. There are two invasive species in the USA, Chinese and European. The Carolina Mantis is native. However, the Chinese mantis 1/
somedudeyoumightknow
Was brought accidentally in the turn of the 19th century(1896), but it is huge and can eat lizards and humming birds. The Euro mantis 2/
somedudeyoumightknow
was introduced on purpose to control Gypsy Moths...so there's that... 3/
somedudeyoumightknow
https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/invasive-mantis-species
Whyyeah
do honey bees count as big pollinators?
MimiBeast
Technically wasps are good too, but these mf's don't have any predators here and have big destructive potential.
Whyyeah
they do in Southwest Virginia
Gerokeymaster
Fun Fact: Honey bees aren't native to NA, either. That's why they're also sometimes called "european honey bees". Part of our big issue /1
ZoidbergIsGreat
This is true. We can help our bees by planting more pollinating plants and allowing natural habitats to be undisturbed. And bee houses
Gerokeymaster
with them dying out is they've had about 300 years to wipe out the vast majority of native bees and take over their niche, so now we're /2
Steffn
Honey bees aren't dying out, the industry just had a few bad years.
Gerokeymaster
left with a single species doing what used to be the job of several hundred species. And anything that affects that ones species can now /3
Gerokeymaster
completely screw over two entire continents' food supplies, all because humans like tasty honey and docile bees...