That thing about female praying mantises always eating the male was from a very bad lab study where the female mantises were basically starved before being exposed to a male. It turns out that things, when hungry, just love eating!
@JesseWinford69
9 ай бұрын
No it's just less likely if they are full. The reason is for nutrients for the offspring. Tarantulas are the same way usually the female will kill and eat the male. It's just if they are full sometimes they don't. Only sometimes even if they are full there is still a chance of them killing the mate. It's a guarantee source of nutrients the reason nature does it is because the success of the offspring is more important to keep the species going then to keep current ones alive as it takes 2 to make 100. This is not just with males even females will make the sacrifice like a mother spider letting her children eat her so they can have a strong start. Even a female octopus will wait right beside her eggs for years without food until they hatch then she dies from lack of nutrition. This is to help make sure the success of the offspring is high.
@KittinPyro
9 ай бұрын
I will add to this as someone who actually raises Praying Mantis in captivity and breeds them (I raise wild caught nymphs to help survival rates of the native species and incubate the egg case to increase numbers of our native species, as in some places all you can find is the invasive Praying mantis now). Some species are more likely to eat their mate than others, on occasion we do observe even well fed females decapitate the male. We will often give the female a large item of food to occupy her during the mating process, and check up on them frequently (it can last a very long time, can’t watch them the whole time) may offer her more food if she finishes her original meal. Usually this works, but even if it doesn’t the males have evolved to finish the fertilizing the female. Males that survive the encounter may go on to mate a few more females if they are lucky, and if they survive all of their rendezvous they will still expire by the time morning comes. Even males who fail to find a partner in time will die, that’s just the unfortunate life of a male in the bug world. But still, to say that it is the fate of all male mantis to be eaten by his mate is just inaccurate.
@evilgibson
9 ай бұрын
@@KittinPyro thank you especially for your feedback and very particular experience. I'm just interested ; do you always feed the female when they're mating to have the survival of the male be better? Will the female actually just dump whatever she's eating and just go for the male by chance? What if the female has been fed very very well and is very satiated but given no food during the mating process. About the invasive species you are commenting on are there any special quirks to them that can be taken advantage of? Like there is a Chinese carp around the Great Lakes right now that tear up the whole bottom of rivers and lakes for breeding ruining the ecosystems and deprive all other species of the plankton and other microbes. The quirk they have is they will jump high out of the water when any noise, like an engine, disturbs the water . There was a video on this on this channel about it and it looked like people were trying all sorts of things but one was nets dragged on both sides of the boat with the opening only at the top so the only way to get in was if the fish jumped into it. The state I live in now reported sightings of the lanternfly a few years back and the only thing we can do is just crush them if we see them and nothing else.
@ryanwalley7159
9 ай бұрын
Very interested in the response
@khirbysugalan3278
9 ай бұрын
Ur a smartie good 4 u cause my head has no brain oh i forgot i have a peanut brain
@thereconrigger4956
9 ай бұрын
I've raised a few mantis as a hobby (as well as ants, spiders, and other insects) and I've mated them and then raised the babies that were produced. I've successfully done this 3 times and all 3 times. The male made it. Only once the female tried to snatch the male but she missed and he got away so I immediately took him out of that cage and put him back in his own. The others stayed in the same cage until the next day because sometimes when they mate it takes hours before they detach. So I go to sleep and check them the next day. I currently have some juvenile asian jumping mantis, once they reach maturity I'm going to try them. Getting the timing right seems to be the trick.
@ellenrittgers990
9 ай бұрын
Or feed her a big meal just before you introduce the male?
@jeremywanner4526
9 ай бұрын
Must be tricky to mate a mantis
@bananakittycat5477
9 ай бұрын
@@jeremywanner4526it’s tricky to mate anything
@dukeofthedance8062
9 ай бұрын
@@bananakittycat5477 Except rabbits and humans.
@bananakittycat5477
9 ай бұрын
@@dukeofthedance8062 lmao
@squeegie
9 ай бұрын
I had a pet female praying mantis growing up. Because she lived in captivity she lived for 3+ years. She was a massive one. I put some males in her cage and she mated and ate them. When her babies hatched, they were so small they could easily escape the cage.... oh those poor babies getting vacuumed up by my mom still hurts my soul...
@KyrieChii
9 ай бұрын
Oh no! That's terrible, not the vacuum! I'm so sorry that happened.
@kellybraun7048
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, the babies are tiny! I think that’s why breeders try to remove the egg sack before they hatch and put them in an escape-proof container. Same with spiders and scorpions. It can be funny to watch a breeder try to separate babies into individual containers to sell them. Frustrating for the breeder, I’m sure.
@karendegraaf1146
9 ай бұрын
Why didn't you put the babies outside?
@MikaHadi
8 ай бұрын
females DIE after laying eggs .....she must have only had babies one time in that 3+ yrs LMAO
@PreeSpunky
8 ай бұрын
>I put some males in her cage and she mated and ate them So you starved the female and trapped the males. Kindly don't ever breed insects again
@jovenc4508
8 ай бұрын
I was attacked by a young mantis at work once. It was on a door frame and was knocked off when I opened it. As soon as the mantis hit the ground it came at me with its wings out an arms up. I tried to shoo it away with my foot and it just jumped on my boot and started climbing my pants leg. I tried to keep working but was worried that I would accidentally crush the little guy as he was making his epic climb so I put my hand out and it climbed on the back. After a few minutes of riding on my hand it started to calm down. The wings went down and it started looking around like it was interested in the view. I took it outside and almost push it off my hand because it didn't want to move.
@Noqtis
7 ай бұрын
Mantis was trying to slice your throat but than was like: wait, that's actually a buddy. 😅
@julianbrelsford
8 ай бұрын
This is how you DON'T get a Darwin award: get your head bitten off, but still manage to mate afterwards.
@harrybarry2291
9 ай бұрын
I have loved mantises for 70 years and I learned a lot more from this, thanks.
@mondoseguendo6113
9 ай бұрын
Mantises taught me how to read and the true meaning of forgiveness.
@randomlyhandheld
9 ай бұрын
When I was younger, I was going to eat with some friend at a local Mexican restaurant. After we got done eating, I noticed a a Mantis close to my car. I tried to push the little thing away from my car and next thing I know, it's chasing me around the parking lot. I sat still for a moment and it tried to crawl up my pants leg. I decided to get in my car and stay away from the little demon. Never messed with a mantis again because of the fear of getting beat up, lol.
@KyrieChii
9 ай бұрын
Lol! We had one on the hand rail going to our (2nd floor) apartment, they were HUGE (one of the BIG green ones that have a leafy 'veined' pattern). There are some rowdy kids (from super young to teen) that hang around in the stairwell often, so I knew I needed to move it to prevent it from getting played with or killed (stepped on by accident, or getting squashed by someone afraid of it, which, given it's size, was highly likely). It was actually very chill... I went & got a big cup & a piece of paper, then just gently urged it in. It just...looked up at me with those eyes...I went to the front garden & released it in a bush, it just walked right out & went about it's business. I'm so glad it didn't go all attack mode on me, hilarious as that sounds. XD
@martinpena9932
9 ай бұрын
Now I believe my kid when he told me a Mantis was chasing him.
@martyal
9 ай бұрын
@@martinpena9932it happens! A HUGE one chased me across a parking lot after one of my coworkers aggravated it.
@solsirhibragusowl2221
8 ай бұрын
A mantis will square up every time😂. Happened to me in my apartment. I insulted him by freaking out and he proceeded to charge at me.
@randomlyhandheld
8 ай бұрын
@@solsirhibragusowl2221 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@patrickbuechel2599
9 ай бұрын
I had a 5" long mantis I had found in early May when it was walking in my 2nd floor kitchen window, I put her in a 20 gal aquarium with a screen lid I used for snakes, so it was a habitat, I put potted plants and 2 water features. I kept crickets for reptile food so she had plenty of food, yet she was in a constant hunter Killer mode. If I put 10 crickets in at 10:pm, by 8:am she would have hunted them down and chewed off all their heads. I actually tuned my night vision goggles for close proximity and watched her many nights. I had found a 2" male mantis on the rose bush in the back yard one day in august and put him in with her, after a couple weeks he finally got lucky and tagged a lil tail, if you know what I mean, and she ate his head off immediately. He kept humping her though and she wasn't interested in eating any more of him. When he had pumped himself dry he just fell off. When late September came round I put her back on the window sill where I found her thinking she would walk out but she turned around and came in the house and walked around for 3 weeks or so. Then one morning while I was having coffee she walked out the window, up the wall and was gone. Now what did I learn from the mantis,,,know your move, own it,,,be patient, sometimes slow is fast,,,strike with pinpoint accuracy with a finishing move,,,be merciless,,,the beauty of independent motion,,,if your on a mission, even if you are unavoidably detained, complete the mission,,,nature is merciless so you had best be ready for anything and everything, adapt, improvise and overcome,,,Semper Fidelis If female mantis were 2 feet long and bigger we would be on the menu I'm sure
@raylopez99
8 ай бұрын
Semper fidelis! LOL you sound like a military mind.
@boss_niko
8 ай бұрын
Yeah great now I will have nightmare of 2 ft long mantis eating me alive.
@callak_9974
8 ай бұрын
@@boss_nikoDunno, a 2 foot long one still probably wouldn't be dangerous to adult humans anyway.
@EmberScribe
8 ай бұрын
@boss_niko I take it you've never seen Peter Jackson's King Kong? The giant insects scene gave me nightmares when I saw that. Very unsettling.
@shupichii9647
8 ай бұрын
Slow is fast. Fast is smooth.
@jjbud3124
9 ай бұрын
When I lived in New Jersey I had vegetable and flower gardens. I bought 3 praying mantis egg cases and placed then around. They hatched and grew into big 5-inch long green mantises. Probably the entire neighborhood had them. One day, my husband saw one of them sitting on a fence post. He caught a grasshopper and offered it to the mantis which snatched it right out of his fingers. The thing about a mantis that gives me the creeps is how it turns its head and looks right at you with those cold eyes and you know if it was big enough it would eat you too. When they fly they look as big as a robin and their wings are loud.
@liggerstuxin1
9 ай бұрын
6:49 it’s odd that people would even consider the possibility that insects don’t feel pain. Of course they feel pain. How else would they avoid damage? They seem to also exhibit fear. Ants and many other bugs go into panic mode if you mess with them. They don’t just ignore you. They move sporadically and look clumsy.
@BenjaminWalburn
9 ай бұрын
Pain is not a physical reaction, it's an emotional one. You can feel aversion without pain.
@beanoptodon
9 ай бұрын
They feel pain far far differently than we do, however, and it's probably something we don't even experience, nor can relate to.
@buckeyehockey1979
8 ай бұрын
They feel in a much different and far more simplistic way. It is all survival instincts for them as opposed to a conscious response. They do have some "thought" but are not capable of higher brain functions and complex emotions.
@liggerstuxin1
8 ай бұрын
@@buckeyehockey1979 I agree. But I’d imagine pain and pleasure are simple emotions with simple and fundamental reactions. We have an equal stake in wanting to live. And an equal motivation to avoid pain and death. We can’t go in a bugs head, and experience their life, so we can’t know which animals experience consciousness at a high or low level. But it seems like a pretty safe bet to give insects a best guess of a low level of consciousness. Still, though I believe they have fear, and pain.
@kingdamazo7266
8 ай бұрын
@@BenjaminWalburnPain is VERY much a physical reaction when it comes to the sensation of being damaged/hurt by an object or organism
@2012TheAndromeda
8 ай бұрын
2:33 Idk why but that sound effect to the lifeless body dropping was just hilarious Lol!
@jesterking1
9 ай бұрын
I handle mantis all the time. They aren’t all the intelligent. If you hold your hand out and a bit above them, they will crawl onto your hand without issue and they will just chill on you.
@Nmethyltransferase
9 ай бұрын
#1. Losing your virginity also means losing your head.
@J174T
9 ай бұрын
I guess they just really like heads😂
@JanetWilham
9 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣😱😱😱😱👌👌🤣🤣
@StoyanStoyanov-fs1pk
8 ай бұрын
So no head?
@reece3163
9 ай бұрын
Bug life is brutal 💀
@Roy-Arkad
9 ай бұрын
Fr💀
@WatchFelineSpine
8 ай бұрын
In bug world the males are the ones without rights 😝
@GaryBaird.Photography
9 ай бұрын
"Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle."
@leociresi4292
Ай бұрын
Tentomon:”And I took that personally “
@lorettaross2007
9 ай бұрын
I didn't know how big the mantis get, until I moved to Pa. You and Steve do a great job with every subject! Thank you!
@BerriMura
9 ай бұрын
The metal pipe caught me off guard
@Roy-Arkad
9 ай бұрын
Same here 😂😂
@lcoq19
9 ай бұрын
Luke's Bugs is a young kid who breeds, raises, and sells mantids if anyone is actually interested. Really cool little guys 😊
@kellybraun7048
9 ай бұрын
I’ve seen him through other animal channels like Snake Discovery, not sure why I haven’t watched his yet since I like mantises so much!
@lcoq19
9 ай бұрын
@@kellybraun7048 I haven't watched his videos either. I only know of him and his mantis breeding because of Snake Discovery as well.
@cesarperez1835
7 ай бұрын
Male mantises really took “thinking with your other head” to another level
@uffdabike9503
8 ай бұрын
"Even the lack of a head doesn't stop them." ...sounds like some humans
@Rencol666
8 ай бұрын
I captured a female mantis and kept it in terrarium, feeding it insects from pool and later crickets. I set warmth lamp for her and she lived with me for a year, laying 4 oothecas (those egg sacks) before passing of old age. The first ootheca was actually fertilized and i had a bunch of mantis babies (only 1 survived and that one lived with me for another 1 year before dying of old age). So no, they actually dont die after laying eggs, if taken care of, and they lay empty eggs like hens if they have a plenty of food and good living
@christophermorrison6269
8 ай бұрын
Mantises can in fact hiss as a part of their threat display. The sound doesn’t come from their mouths, but rather from spiracles along their abdomen. So yes, they make scary sounds. Source: One of my ornery mantises, but you can also find it on KZitem
@matthewpitre8159
8 ай бұрын
It's 2023 and we're just realizing that insects which are living beings and experience pain? Well no kidding!
@Chattertooth
9 ай бұрын
That impaling adaption in 13:35 is f***ing terrifyingly! As if spikes weren't enough, now they have daggers!
@aqueous67
8 ай бұрын
Starship Troopers!
@mr.gamer8769
9 ай бұрын
The metal pipe had me weak XD
@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464
9 ай бұрын
"And finally, death from hypothermia" KZitem captions: *APPLAUSE*
@dylanspacedust7680
8 ай бұрын
im losing it at the mantises with 3D glasses on
@Arcandime
7 ай бұрын
"The worst she can do is say no"
@redstocat5455
7 ай бұрын
"The group chat of our humans being leaked" Let's go see the females an last time buddys, we are not ready but they are also not ready
@The_Ghetto_Gothix
9 ай бұрын
The man who never took off his covid mask.
@TheModGod
8 ай бұрын
Hey now, hes saving the world and people around him lol
@zatoichi1
8 ай бұрын
Some will be wearing them for the rest of their lives
@jasonmcclellan9183
8 ай бұрын
I had to pause as soon as I saw "the mask"... I all of a sudden don't care to watch any further... go figure. 🙁
@scp-phenomenon014
7 ай бұрын
Masks were around before covid. It's probably just a style choice and to keep his face a bit of a mystery. It's not that deep.
@pnk_lemxnade9803
7 ай бұрын
@@jasonmcclellan9183shame that you figured to stop watching interesting insect facts because of something that didn't matter if he wore one or not.
@misfitsman805
8 ай бұрын
Male Mantis: "Doesn't Matter, Had Seex" 🤣😂🤣
@leociresi4292
Ай бұрын
Male Mantis_07:”Ah, who needs life, anyway.”😂
@shpoinkervr
8 ай бұрын
fun fact the bug that falls victim to a hairworm can get away scot-free if it manages to swim out
@ytyoungrichnhigh
7 ай бұрын
meaning if the worm leaves the body and the insect is able to swim out after?
@Jinnysuki
8 ай бұрын
LOL That metal pipe sound effect near 2:16 tho 😂
@Nmethyltransferase
9 ай бұрын
"Traumatic Reality of Being a Mantis"
@leociresi4292
Ай бұрын
Scyther!
@CrazyBear65
8 ай бұрын
When I was a kid and I learned the word _bombardier,_ we were taught to pronounce it bom-ba-DEER. Now I hear people pronouncing it "bom-bar-dee-ay." You pronounced it like it's spelled.
@jeffreyyoung4104
8 ай бұрын
Imagine eating some of these bugs and getting a hair worm or 50 in your system! So much for eating insects!
@spiritualspinster4222
8 ай бұрын
Mantises are one of my favorite insects. I love seeing them prowl around my garden and fruit trees. A very beneficial insect for gardeners! 😁 Lady bugs are high on my list as well.
@ZombieslayerLeena
9 ай бұрын
Thank you SO MUCH for toning Steve’s voice down. I see you 😊
@SoulofAlice
9 ай бұрын
Mantises are one of my very favorite insect to photograph! I find them fascinating! And its ironic that my very favorite of all are tarantulas, with which the males often become the after love snacks as well! Could this explain why I am forever single???🤔
@bethanychatman9531
9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@67kemo
9 ай бұрын
Been watching you guys for a couple years, now, and it just occurred to me I wasn't subscribed and should be. Always fun content here! While bugs aren't really my jam, it's fascinating to see how mantis' actually behave. Seeing some of the science that's used to determine certain aspects of their biology was my favorite part. Please keep those little nuggets coming!
@superduperfurrious
8 ай бұрын
Same
@DMBlade4
4 ай бұрын
Why would you want to make sure you are subbed to a channel that steals copyrighted footage and makes money off of other people's hard work?
@67kemo
4 ай бұрын
@@DMBlade4 Why would you make accusations without receipts?
@DMBlade4
4 ай бұрын
@@67kemo The receipts are in the video description, and also common sense. You really think the video editors for this unofficial YT channel took all of this footage? Get real bro. There's a reason they want people reaching out to them regarding copyrighted footage instead of filing reports against them and giving their channel strikes. Multiple channels have been shut down recently after getting lawsuits filed against them. These fake science channels are in danger now, so they are doing everything they can to curb copyright complaints. It's really sad and pathetic
@DMBlade4
4 ай бұрын
@@67kemo In general, if you see a copyright dispute email in the descriptions of a channel's videos, it's because they are stealing content. Simple as that.
@SirChucklenutsTM
4 ай бұрын
Bugs can feel pain, they have a nervous system. Any stimulation to this system can ride from pleasure to pain. You can pet a bug.
@sadmansazidorko3213
9 ай бұрын
Ants, the most powerful colony ever existed to wipe anything off
@SilasTheHero
8 ай бұрын
that mantis that attacked that beetle must've been like: "OO, OO, THAT STINGS!"
@Don-QuixoteDoflamingo
8 ай бұрын
2:33 Ayo chill 😭😭😭 my guy got bodied
@commentatingcommenter9178
8 ай бұрын
Me: wanting to be able to sleep tonight KZitem recommendations: haha thats cute.
@purplecouch4767
9 ай бұрын
I saw a brown praying mantis in the USA a few days ago. I thought it was cool. I don’t see them nearly as often as other bugs. Also I’m pretty sure y’all showed a clip of Mantis from Kung Fu Panda. I like that movie. Also I think there’s like 2,400 species of praying mantis. It’s interesting seeing ones from different places. You showed a white one and a blue one. I usually see green ones. Cool video.
@justanotheralmaroad1923
9 ай бұрын
Folks if you want to eat bugs you gotta dunk their butts in water before you eat them. Otherwise you might injest the worm and then you'll be walking into the water and have them wriggling outta you butt!lol
@highcenfreeman
9 ай бұрын
Real, I Was The Worm
@helix4267
7 ай бұрын
How to become a worm?
@DigitalGreenxolotl
8 ай бұрын
2:29 "So you see the females have the habit of chomping off male's head! *Metal pipe sound* lol😂 best part!
@gamestuff1959
9 ай бұрын
can the hair worm parasite survive in chlorinated water? like a swimming pool?
@justinwoolsey4269
8 ай бұрын
I was minding my own business a few days ago and a mantis, out of nowhere, landed on top of my phone and a small toolcase i keep on my desk, looked like it was about 3 inches long or so. It climbed up my wall and just sat there, watching a video I had playing on my computer, I left to go back to work and when I got back home the mantis was gone, still have no idea how it got into the room in the first place
@Daemot
8 ай бұрын
The thought of a female mantis eating your head off must have made you mask up.😂. Scary
@thegaynomad
8 ай бұрын
My mother must be a praying mantis since she is constantly biting my father's head off.
@darronjames9671
9 ай бұрын
Mantises are one of the strongest insects in the world
@stevecollins3496
8 ай бұрын
I saw that impaling behavior in an old sci-fi movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000.... I'm pretty sure that's where the mantises got the idea.
@troybianco9754
8 ай бұрын
You can buy the eggs at nursery or home depot/ lowes center around early spring time for a few bucks.
@dukeofthedance8062
9 ай бұрын
I wonder if in their micro world, if that short span of life as we count it seems like a few hundred years to them or more. They likely don't think about time (the same way we do) but they know what seasons are. Whole life cycle in 2-3 seasons of one year, ya.. they really _have_ to make everything count.
@yearginclarke
7 ай бұрын
I've wondered that same thing for a long time.
@YourMajesty733
6 ай бұрын
I believe there was a study that smaller beings experience time slower than larger beings.
@SuzzyB52
8 ай бұрын
I love your channel. I always learn something new.
@shii5795
8 ай бұрын
I listened to this whole dang video expecting to hear an experiment with a pitcher plant and a mantis. My dissapointment is immesurable, and my day is ruined.
@rosemolenaar
9 ай бұрын
Fantastic program. Very interesting and that makes it even more because of the humor of both of you.❤😂😂😂
@kellybraun7048
9 ай бұрын
1. You can buy praying mantises as garden insects, just like you can buy ladybugs, but make sure you’re getting a native local species and that it is legal to release them. 2. You can buy praying mantises as exotic pets. Please do your research before getting one! Do not believe everything the pet store like Petco tells you able them-get your info from a mantis specialist and consider purchasing from a reputable breeder. Just like how the Petco beta fish are often sick or dying, lesser known pets are often not in great shape. Reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates often have overlap among knowledgeable breeders and keepers and the field of captive care for these animals has been growing tremendously over the last decade or two. If you watch some of the big reptile channels like Snake Discovery and Reptilatus, they also keep invertebrates like tarantulas, scorpions, spiders, mantises, etc. They create bio active enclosures, which are better for pets that live in terrariums. They often recommend fellow channels that specialize in different species.
@enmanuel1994
9 ай бұрын
I am back, but I am leaving after knowing Steve still speaks 😅😅😅
@TimCurry04
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 Lol!!! The glass breaking sound after she bit off his head @2:25 took me out!!!
@hatersgonnarate3973
7 ай бұрын
I like how it says to get the worm out you can put the tips of the bottoms in the water, but the title of the video tells you to straight up drow mantises
@abhirajbhokare1989
8 ай бұрын
A leopard with a mantis head is a nightmare come true.
@toddwebb6216
7 ай бұрын
I raised Chinese mantids as a teenager, and learned allot about them. one of the caught a yellow jacket and wisely ate around the poison sac in their stinger.
@gbrielsimon5855
8 ай бұрын
2:33 😂 the way he fell!
@coreyskixjewelry
9 ай бұрын
I learned multiple new things today all in one go!
@icosthop9998
9 ай бұрын
When I was very young I used to feed the mantis grasshoppers.
@aliengummie
8 ай бұрын
I love the metal pipe cameo
@xAndrzej42
8 ай бұрын
Now imagine how parasites affect humans.
@leociresi4292
Ай бұрын
Funfact, Water Hyacinth often has Nemotoads, (Brain eating Amoeba) hitchhiking on it!
@Encrypted-Key
9 ай бұрын
Bro I found more interesting that intro where you’re talking crystal clear with the gym face-mask on. That’s freaking hilarious.
@cameronfiorenza4685
2 ай бұрын
When you lose one head, the other one kicks in 😂
@arnaldobaloy-ie3vq
8 ай бұрын
Metal pipe got me🤣🤣🤣🤣 2:31
@cextheartist
9 ай бұрын
4:47 wait, is this an mantis egg??? I've found some of these, and thought it was spiders or butterflies!
@kellybraun7048
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, it can be hard to tell what kind of little species the egg sacks are unless you know what they look like and use a camera or magnifier to take a closer look.
@Lono69
8 ай бұрын
Never seen a mantis eat its own limbs just for nutrients. It happens rarely if there's something wrong with the limb like a spreading disease. I did have one mantis that was crazy, something was defiantly wrong with it and it ate both its arms for no reason. But they cant grow back their limbs before the next molt. It depends on the species but even the ones with fast regen will take a couple molts to regrow a limb and the regorwn limb will usually be smaller. They only molt 6 or 7 times till adult so regrowing a limb is like a one time thing they can do. They wont just eat them if their hungry.
@HelloMoto1991
8 ай бұрын
A new meaning of the little head thinking for the big head.
@12fishcake
6 ай бұрын
"Hey, what if we made tiny 3-D glasses for that praying mantis"
@mazziverecords28
9 ай бұрын
I tried ignoring it, but I gotta ask why does your voice change so drastically between camera cuts and the clips of you speaking to the camera? Haha
@kenwhisenant7973
8 ай бұрын
glad I'm not the only one
@raff1584
8 ай бұрын
The males should bring a prenup before mating to make sure his head remain his
@chimmichurri6940
7 ай бұрын
I still love that meme i saw years back where it says: "me and da bois" then it shows 6 different mantises doing their threat poses. shit is hilarious but damn awsome, Mantis' are fucking amazing insects
@faridmohd6221
8 ай бұрын
Male mantis: the worst she can say is no... right? femal mantis: ...
@darklight6013
9 ай бұрын
5:55 SHE* had it coming, that is a lady mantis, i mean... it was.
@MechaGodzillaOffical
7 ай бұрын
The beetle: i need more bootles
@jasonkrohn5416
9 ай бұрын
A bugs life is brutal.
@Sigma6987
8 ай бұрын
"Recent research suggests that insects might be capable of experiencing pain" ROCK AND STONE
@susandelello7401
6 ай бұрын
That was very informative and interesting. Thank you !🐱
@zengqian134
8 ай бұрын
2:33 metal pipe sound effect
@clipsedrag13
9 ай бұрын
Somehow mantid ETs sound more formidable than they already did 😮
@zatoichi1
8 ай бұрын
Very unnerving but overall they're quite decent folks once you get over the initial shock
@xdragon4704
7 ай бұрын
2:33 help, the falling mantis with metal pipe falling sounds its absolutely hallarious💀💀💀
@ripvanwinkle6449
8 ай бұрын
can you do a video about why a homosapien would wear a mask in an enclosed room they're alone in? I'm confused.
@captainhoratiobungleiii7147
7 ай бұрын
He's incognito
@scp-phenomenon014
7 ай бұрын
Probably doesn't like showing his whole face id guess
@MompreneurDiary
9 ай бұрын
That's some genius stuff and can those parasites infect us cause it sounds like YES!!!
@chrislive1586
9 ай бұрын
I googled this too. YES, but RARELY.
@SpringIsBACK
8 ай бұрын
So, maybe somebody should investigate the chemistry of praying mantis "odor" and see if an effective & safe insect repellent can be developed from it. I find it interesting that mantis species have not evolved to minimize that odor, or, perhaps they have, but only partially.
@mattevans1643
8 ай бұрын
That's such a roundabout way of completing your life cycle. Parasites are so wierd.
@Keekay91
2 ай бұрын
I knew there was a reason why i loved ants. They just understand when its time to put a mantis out of business 4-5x their size. While simultaneously understanding when its "left over" night.
@No_direction-99
9 ай бұрын
Glad we don’t act like mantises 😳 I’m 5’0”. That’s small where I’m from. I’d be a free meal.
@tamarasimpson2879
9 ай бұрын
You can order either young mantis's or egg cases on line.
@richardkullman5318
8 ай бұрын
you can buy the eggs at your local bug store.
@babybeargaming9716
9 ай бұрын
2:34 got me because that metal sound falling
@kcblueeyes933
5 ай бұрын
That was such an interesting video. I thoroughly enjoyed that
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