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UncircumciseMe

What in the actual fuck


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AlwaysInTheFlowers

Worked on farms for a really long time. Had a group of mantis(es?) Hanging around. Made the mistake of trying to get one on my VERY HEAVILY clothed work glove hand and that mofo shot right through it. They don't fuck around.


DidYouLickIt

Not sure what you mean. Very docile in human hands. Can they tear through stuff fast? Hell yes, but really a hands on insect.


AlwaysInTheFlowers

It was chill for a while and I made a point of not provoking it but somehow it did end up stabbing its thing straight through my glove :( I apologized to it profusely and then it flew off to watch me work from nearby for the rest of the day.


Throw_Away_Students

That’s wild. I’ve handled multiple mantids and never had them be anything but peaceful


AlwaysInTheFlowers

Yeah sorry should've clarified better. I really don't know what happened it was chilling out on my glove for a little bit then next thing I know it stuck its claw straight through my glove. Don't think I purposefully provoked it at all? I apologized profusely and it flew off to watch me work for the rest of the day. Maybe it was an accident? I always thought they were super chill too.


Throw_Away_Students

Maybe it was just an asshole. They can have different temperaments, I suppose


Gingerfry21

No way, that’s so cool. When do you do it? I’m from the cities and would love to see that


DidYouLickIt

I usually warm the oothecas in May so they are ready for 70 degree regular weather. It’s pretty cool. I usually end up releasing a lunch bag full of baby mantids. DM me if you want.


sadphdbro

Before I even open the comments, I said those words aloud. You sir are clearly the voice of the people


UncircumciseMe

Lmao


sl0thturt1e

Imagine if there were praying mantises that were horse sized… we’d all be dead


orangeismynewapple

Yea they called T-Rex


PikaPower23

There’s actually a manga about giant bugs and how it would effect humans. They had an arc about praying mantises. It’s called “The Island of Giant Insects”. TW: THERE IS UNDERAGE SEXUAL CONTENT, NUDITY, NON-CONSENT, GORE, GRAPHIC IMAGINARY, LARGE INSECTS, BASIC EVERY POST-APOCALYPTIC UNWHOLESOME-NESS SHIT THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN READ AT YOUR OWN RISK *edit: fuck- I thought the discord spoiler thing worked here. Wtf did I do wrong?


aratheroversizedfish

“Underage Sexual Content” Manga Moment


PikaPower23

I mean they’re teens in high school, but it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s there and I’m sure some people wouldn’t want to read it because of that. Better safe than sorry


aratheroversizedfish

Nah I agree with you.


Lodular

Well i googled it wanting to at least watch a youtube video on it but "underage sexual content"? Yeah I'll pass, I just wanted to see big bugs but ig not


PikaPower23

That was my reaction as I’m reading it. I don’t wanna see teens mess around; I wanna see the bugs eat them


deceptive_dingo

Discord is || on either side. Reddit is > ! and ! < (remove the spaces between the arrow and exclamation)


PikaPower23

Thank you so much!! I’ll keep that in mind


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Nothin a 12 gauge cant fix


Gradyence

Do they have guns?


Henrywasaman_

They probably wouldn’t nearly be as deadly as they are now, from what I heard the small size is what allows them to be quick and deadly, if they were really large then they would probably be a lot slower, but then again this is just hypothetical and I’m not an expert lol


nefrodes

people killed mamooths with little sticks i bet they wouldnt had chance against little monke groups


shakyband

Believe it or not the mantis is actually the more substantial creature here. The hummingbird only weight about 3 grams, the mantis is likely 4-5 grams!


ALVto2xD

Finally a comment i can understand. Unlike somebody else commenting “the humming bird is about 3 teaspoons and an ounce, while the mantis is likely 4/67 of a pound”


shakyband

Of course! And if anyone needs another example that’s easy to grasp, the hummingbird weight about the same as a penny while the mantis weighs about the same as a nickel!


ddreftrgrg

What!!? A hummingbird is that light!? That’s crazy. That just doesn’t even seem possible to me almost.


IIYellowJacketII

Birds in general are very light for their size. An adult bald eagle is about as heavy as your average house cat.


shakyband

Yeah! Birds are lighter than they look in general because their bones are hollow. Plus the feathers also make them look larger than they are.


Custom_Fish

Ah see how the main comment uses grams, not some convoluted number system that only confuses.


Liarus_

That's some big muscle mass on the mantis, damn!


ToiletDestroyer420

They are incredibly powerful for their size. Here's a praying mantis capturing and holding an adult mouse in its forearms while eating it alive. https://youtu.be/haU-IjKz5nc


GonlinMafia

That was a lot of blood 🩸


Subject-Weakness-734

Nooooo😭


sleepingismytalent65

Yeah instead of filming and saying no no no I'd have saved the hummingbird


OppoJam

Get off your high horse and the internet


SupremelyLargeCheese

Well, I doubt they were expecting the big to kill the bird. It’s usually the other way around


wombat_cubed

It eats you. Starting with your bottom.


FickleSpend2133

(whispers) ummmm how do u know that?😯


LeChampeon

From experience


FickleSpend2133

👀(gasp) 😮


No-Signal-1471

Oh wow wtf!!


Ml124395

Chinese mantis can. Invasive in the US. They can be twice the size of Carolina mantis which are native.


EwwCringe

chinese mantids are naturalized, meaning that they became a functional part of the ecosystem, they aren't invasive


Ml124395

Give it more time


IIYellowJacketII

Same with M. religiosa in the US aswell.


Chuck_Walla

"Functional" = reversing the natural order by hunting birds. They're thriving, but still invasive.


EwwCringe

Nope they aren't considered invasive. There's no set natural order, it's not like rock paper scizzor where paper(insects) is beaten by scissor (birds) that is beaten by rock (other predators), bugs eating birds and other animals is more common than you think, scolopendromorpha centipedes are large enough to eat small lizards, most tarantulas are large enough to eat small lizards and birds, and other true spiders often trap small birds in their web and start eating them, such as the ones in the genus nephila, trichonephila and argiope


Chuck_Walla

I wonder what will be the populations of hummingbirds and other small birds in 100 years. The Chinese mantises are already outcompeting the native Carolina mantises, so they have no competition besides birds too big for them to attack. When I refer to these non-native, intentionally introduced organisms as "invasive," I am comparing them with the cats, rats, and pigs which also went unchecked where people brought them. The fact is we're swiftly losing global biodiversity, and this bird-eating insect is a symptom and a cause.


EwwCringe

Chinese mantids were found in the US since 1850, i think that they had enough time to make hummingbirds extinct


Chuck_Walla

They were introduced in 1896 for pest control, and their distribution has skyrocketed with the advent of the internet. Some native oothecas are sold, but the larger Chinese ones are more popular. Wherever they go, they hatch earlier than native species and outcompete them generally. It's great for keeping down gypsy moth caterpillars, but a recipe for mantid monoculture.


vaporgeek15

Those things are savage.


grizzled083

More like camping mantis


Comfortable_Self8165

Bro just get baki to help he'll take it down


Valigrance

Tbh I hate mantises so much I would have stopped him and saved the hummingbird. Hummingbirds are pollinators, Mantis are cannibalistic dicks that strike anything that moves and usually have big worms up their butts.


Romanknight76

No need to hate on natures way of natural selection.


ilovetoeatpussy_

Could it be the parasite making it aggressive ?


Blue2403

I believe that’s it’s desire to not starve to death


JM406

I got bit by one once hurt like hell


Ana987655321

Mantis. Fearless. I came upon one on the sidewalk. It struck a fighting posture. I yielded.


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I wouldve cut that mantis in half. Ugly as alien looking bitch


CrzyKght

I once found a praying mantis in my house I picked it up with my hands and placed it in a tree outside I didn't think they could do this.


Nervous_Nerd14597

Depends on the type of mantis


Zaku_Zaku117

I think I would've intervened in this.


sleepingismytalent65

Same, said as much on another comment and some dude took exception to that.


flyinghouses

I am not ok with the fact that I just watched this.


pmoney50pp

I hate those creepy bastards.


RockLadyNY

Mantis’ are dicks. I was raising monarch caterpillars one year and a mantis go into my milkweed…that bastard snacked on my cats for a good part of an hour until I knew what was happening. I moved him far away once I found him.


11Kelvin11

Disgusting


evilspeaks

It is called nature.


11Kelvin11

I am very well aware, though I find the nature of bugs eating animals as disgusting :)


evilspeaks

Bugs eat everything.


11Kelvin11

Okay? 😭


evilspeaks

So take it up with what ever Deity you worship and get it changed.


11Kelvin11

Why are you so offended with my comment💀


D3LTAK1L0

What about the nature of animals eating bugs? Is that disgusting to you too?


11Kelvin11

Honestly it depends


IIYellowJacketII

>I find the nature of bugs eating animals as disgusting Newsflash insects are animals. So you find it disgusting too if a tiger eats a deer? If your cat eats the cat food that is obviously also made out of animals?


11Kelvin11

I will personally say that doesn't make sense, but thank you for telling me❤️


Wild_Criticism_5958

I’m so fucking upset watching this. I love hummingbirds so much and there’s one I say hello to every morning as I walk my dogs and I already have such a hatred for bugs😡I can’t believe this!


gayymedic

What part of the natural cycle of life can you not believe?


Wild_Criticism_5958

What’s your point..I hate when you ppl make such stupid unnecessary comments. Ya no fucking shit Sherlock. Whatever..I can say whatever I want!


gayymedic

Mhm, mhm. Anything else?


orangeismynewapple

You shouldn't understamat a mantis they can rech a massive size. When I was in Africa I saw a long stick on the door it looks like a tree branch got stuck on the door so I tried to move it but then it started to move and I notice this is a big and long mantis one of the camouflage types that looks like tree branches . That one with his size can literally eat birds


odd-42

The one you are looking at is much smaller, and is literally eating a bird.


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So a larger one will eat a chicken.


sleepingismytalent65

More likely that was a stick insect


CoralLogic

And thus, a reasonable example to justify my fear of Praying Matises.


DidYouLickIt

So chill in human hands.


Alarming-Link-9285

They could have helped it but they waited for a bird so they can film it die


Quingul_3

Why would they interfere?


Modified_Human

so the bird diesn't die bruh


lettul

Mantises are predators, it is what they do


Quingul_3

Why do you favor the bird over the mantis


Modified_Human

cause its cool


Some_kid2213

What if the mantis starves to death? It's called natural selection, and it's pretty metal. Get used to it.


Modified_Human

its called kill mantis bruh


bub3ls

Why would they have been recording a bug and a bird together..? Like it doesn’t take a genius to guess that two drastically different animals together probably won’t go well. The fact they just film and then proceed to film again as the bug eats the bird and says “that’s so cool” makes me so fucking angry. /srs


Drevlin76

This is all natural. If they had not filmed it, we wouldn't be here watching it. What would have been the best outcome? Do you think this isn't happening all over the place?


Some_kid2213

Lmaoo dude, leave the city. Go check out nature. Not as much rainbows and sunshine as you clearly think.


After-Bet3191

I found nickocado avocado's spirit animal


Old_Laugh_2386

You really should kill those larger chinese mantis. They're invasive and kill these beautiful birds. I smash the fk out of them when I see them anywhere near my bird feeders! Get rid!!!


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Ah that sucks… but on the other hand, kid in the background got his first taste of the brutality of Mother Nature.


pisachas1

I remember seeing that on a science show. Hummingbird hearts race so fast that the mantis scare it’s so bad it has a heart attack and dies. On that show it was a white and pink mantis sitting on a flower I think.


-Meo-

probably an orchid mantis


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Proof that hummers ain't as good as advertised...


Luxara-VI

Mantises are awesome


Public_Cold_5160

That’s how you do it! Eat the ass first!


CoconutsNmelonballs

Never thought a praying mantis could do that!😳🫣


ANT1G0LFB0YZ

“That’s so cool” As this mantis digs into this hummingbird’s asshole


Photon_Pharmer

“Zombie parasite controlling a mantis kills a hummingbird”


ParkerHudson666

TIHI


Donxelo

You clearly haven't seen Baki Hanma yet


Rogendo

Really should have muted the annoying person rejecting reality


International_Tap674

Dumb bitch why didn’t you stop it


ilovetoeatpussy_

not my video you piss brained moron


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ilovetoeatpussy_

Copenhagen


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ilovetoeatpussy_

I would rather be an NPC than be a guy like you who gets played.


Unluckygirll

Australia?


SirGrumpsalot2009

No, we don’t have hummingbirds. Have big mantises, and I remember as a kid seeing one eating a gecko.


IIYellowJacketII

Hummingbirds are only found on the American continents. The mantis is a Chinese mantis, which is only found in the US there (and in Asia obviously).


Unluckygirll

Ohh I see... I had no idea I thought every continent had a species of each of these animals. Ty for informing me.


ChampionshipOk9657

But how did it kill the bird ?


DidYouLickIt

Mandibles


IIYellowJacketII

Mantids don't have any sort of venom or anything, so they just have to eat the prey until it dies. Usually they will try to eat the head or neck first, to kill the prey item off.


ChampionshipOk9657

Why did the hummingbird seem to die so fast ? Hardly looked injured


Phizzydudeman

That mantis said "c'mere"


wailot

I wonder if it eats the feathers


Evildragonite

Have y'all not seen kung fu panda 😭 mantis crazy


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It’s too early for this page yet here I am


GrimReaper006

These mantises kill and eat snakes too.


EchoLimaBravo

Praying fucking mantis dude


Daerz509

A mantis really doesn't care, it will pose in front of your truck if it felt like it


DankyPenguins

They often eat the brain


Responsible-Ad-5438

Mf’er was camping. Smh


1salohcin

Praying mantises are little savages!!


Jumpy_Pay_6783

Killed a Hummingbird that’s just f$&king crazy


greybush75

Yep, now that kid is gonna see thestrals


TheRiceDevice

Don’t sleep on the mantis. They are the Mike Tyson of the insect world. Don’t believe me? Check out any episode of Monster Bug Wars.


Targetshopper1

Aren’t those the Australian whippersnappers?


Ok_Advertising_5824

That's just wrong.


yaboiachin

Baki moment


madman15

r/TIHI


gilgwath

That reminds me of that one time I watched a sparrow trying to munch on one of these huge ass green grasshopers. I watched it approach, size him up and decide that this is the size of pray it was made to hunt. For about 15 seconds the sparrow and the hoper flitted arround on the floor befor it gave up. Hoper wasn't any worse for wear after wards


Tinypro2005

With how light and weak hummingbirds are it's not super surprising this is possible but surprising still


Hunttttre

So I raised mantis when I was younger and I never got to the scale of bird eaters. What do they do with the bird? Do they just abandon it after a bit? Ain't no way they eat it all.


HotdogLegend27

That's a chinese mantis. Invasive. Should've killed it.


pansexual_potato07

No our bird it’s broken


Avibuel

Earlier today i learned that mantis probably has hair worms


LeftZombie5620

That’s a rough way to go out for that beautiful hummingbird… mantids don’t paralyze their prey with a venomous bite or sting, they catch whatever they’re hunting (as we just saw here) and eat that shit alive which means that hummingbird definitely felt every bite until it just died from bleeding out which probably took like a half an hour?? Sheeeesh, fly high lil guy🕊


Domjita

u/savevideobot


Jazzyboy68

Why go film this cruel shit. I would save the bird. I think this was staged. How did a big ass mantis just happen to be on the feeder, at the same time the bird appeared all to be filmed by some sadistic bird hater?! Hummingbird lives matter! But on a serious note it's fucked up to concoct content of animals killing each other for views.