Post by Kono on Dec 22, 2008 0:01:24 GMT -6
digg.com/food_drink/The_Praying_Mantis_vs_The_Banded_Argiope_Spider
So freaking awesome... But best of all is the digg comment a little down. I'll post it.
""Saw a presentation at U of A about 10 years ago, one of the grad student's presentations was on the fighting/survival strategies of moles (little rodents).... One of the rodent's dinner choices was a praying mantis.
They expected the mole to pretty quickly take apart the mantis, considering it outweighed the thing by 20x, and this is an insect we're talking about, versus a warm-blooded mammal with the benefits of a fully developed brain.
What they didn't expect, however, was that the praying mantis didn't feel like dying that day. Within like half a second, the ***** thing was trying to IMPALE the rodent with one of its sword-like arms by stabbing it into it's belly, and laid the other arm across it's neck, pinning its head to the ground, choking it.. They had to interrupt the experiment to save the test subject.
Lesson: Do NOT ***** with praying mantises. It's not the size of the animal, but what they're capable of doing when they feel their lives are threatened. ""
That's freaking NUTS. A PRAYING MANTIS beasted a MOLE. WTF?!?!
So freaking awesome... But best of all is the digg comment a little down. I'll post it.
""Saw a presentation at U of A about 10 years ago, one of the grad student's presentations was on the fighting/survival strategies of moles (little rodents).... One of the rodent's dinner choices was a praying mantis.
They expected the mole to pretty quickly take apart the mantis, considering it outweighed the thing by 20x, and this is an insect we're talking about, versus a warm-blooded mammal with the benefits of a fully developed brain.
What they didn't expect, however, was that the praying mantis didn't feel like dying that day. Within like half a second, the ***** thing was trying to IMPALE the rodent with one of its sword-like arms by stabbing it into it's belly, and laid the other arm across it's neck, pinning its head to the ground, choking it.. They had to interrupt the experiment to save the test subject.
Lesson: Do NOT ***** with praying mantises. It's not the size of the animal, but what they're capable of doing when they feel their lives are threatened. ""
That's freaking NUTS. A PRAYING MANTIS beasted a MOLE. WTF?!?!
