I have a prayin mantis and it didn't go so well I put my insect in a jar with holes on the top and later The jar was smash and the praying mantis was standing on top what da heck he has really strong Front leges my cat was inside with me and my dog was out side how da heck
I’ve lived in the country my entire life and have held many praying mantis and this just blew my doors off. I absolutely had no idea these little buggers were so aggressive, catches a hummingbird,lizard,frog,snake WTF!! Thank you for this unbelievable great video.
Oh yes their immense intelligence. I got injured once while rock climbing and, luckily, some mantises found me and took me to one of their hospitals where they administered liquids, performed an MRI scan, treated me and set my ankle. I didn't have the proper insurance coverage but they were nice about out and discharged me anyway.
Praying Mantises are wonderful insects. We have had pet ones for nearly a year since we found one on our front door. They are extremely curious, not scared of humans, and pretty much harmless (one of them did try to attack me when I hadn't fed it enough but it was more cute than anything else) so much that my wife and daughters really are happy to have them wander around on their hands and arms.
@@RealG.Washington yeah. It is sort of cute when they do it. I was trying to coax one out so I could clean the container and it didn't want to come out. Ended up picking it up gently, which it didn't like, and it stuck it's raptorial claws into my thumb. Didn't hurt, but was slightly troublesome as it didn't want to let go.
I caught a giant, green preying mantis when I worked night shift at a gas station when I was younger, so I can tell you for an absolute fact that they are vicious killers that I am thankful do not get much bigger. I kept it in a terrarium for over a year. I fed it all kinds of interesting prey. They will always attempt to kill and eat anything. Very cool, yet frightening pet.
I have dozens of them living around my house every summer. I leave them water and they destroy our common enemy the wasps, hornets, and random spiders. Pretty slick deal in my opinion, every now and again I have to get photos cause they look cool to me.
When I was a kid, every spring I would search the fields and hillsides around my house for a mantis to keep as a seasonal pet. I would always release them in the fall. I thought they were so cool. Every day after school I’d toss my book bag in the house and run outside to hunt for grass hoppers to feed my Mantis. Great memories.
I just found a small mantis in the wild (a very young one) and decided to put it in an enclosure, I dropped in 3 small grass hoppers and after about 2 hours, when the mantis got comfortable in it's new environment, sitting on the stick that I left in, it patiently waited for a grass hopper to get near her and she snatched the life out of it. I've decided to keep this mantis and help her to her adulthood.
@@bigbrother7952 i also remember watching a documentary on that. In the past, when O2 level was higher, insects used to be gigantic. Maybe humans will shrink in the next millenia😆
i was smoking near a store and a praying mantis saw me. it was doing a little dance (moving side to side), and i figured it saw me as a threat or something. so i started mimicking it's dance, which fascinated the mantis so much it ran closer to me, like we became friends. so we both just did our little dance until my cig was out then i left. it was a strange event, but i danced with a praying mantis, so it was cool.
Great educational and entertaining video. My son's first mantis "bonded" to him. Sometimes while sitting on his shoulder, she would pet (as in stroking) his cheek. There's an intelligence in that formidable alien-headed insect. Beautiful creature though.
Grabbed a mantis a few months ago and made a terrarium for him and was a lot of fun feeding. Taught my 8 yr old a lot. I never noticed them but now I seem them around all the time.
@@thechosenone9847 Because it looked so painfullll like imagine ur just chilling and a creepy as bug thing that knows martial arts grabs you by the neck and begins to eat your lips.
@@funnycrab5684 actually mice don’t have hair on their tails ether. But their significantly smaller then rats with only a handful of exceptions in the wild.
In my area, the east coast of the US, I would say that Mantises here tolerate Humans. If I see one, I'll just walk up to it and pick it up. I've never had one bite, get defensive, or make themselves look big to scare me away. I can just put one on my shoulder and it'll just chill there. So, although not afraid or at least showing "fear", they seem to just tolerate Human behavior if we engauge. I'm sure they are at least smart enough to know that neither of us prey on each other.
@Olajuwon Lagunju and what exactly do you think the mantis did afterwards, because if you think it stole it's wallet and called the morgue, then you just might be dense.
This video made me remember that not everybody is an empath. It was hard for me to watch the lizard get bit alive but apparently for some it was like nothing.
In case someone is wondering. The snapping shrimp is what's also called a pistol shrimp. Also, pistol shrimps can't really hurt humans, but mantis shrimps can.
Mantises are similar to Tarantulas . But only female has the strength to take down Mouses , Lizards , Snakes , Frogs , Small Birds ( such as Humming Bird ) and eat it. Because female is 3x larger and bigger than male.
Smart bugs ..knowing that humming birds goto a feeder ..not like a spider hanging around a light,this is a little deeper...amazing . Wonder if the can be trained or recognize thier owners.
@@ghostwithatie749 You are partly correct. The hummingbird has the fastest wingbeat in the world. When it comes to speed though the peregrine falcon is the fastest bird.
My yard is full of them in the summer and I love them... Simply a beautiful bug they set up and will watch you walk by, hell they even let you hold them but command respect so in other words not too long lol.
Didn't tell about the most fascinating feature of the Mantis Shrimp. It's strike is so fast it actually creates a light when attacking. You could say it is Lightening Fast.
EXCUSE ME but did I just witness a praying mantis break a lizards neck.....A LIZARD (Edit) HOLY CRAP I never thought I would get 12k likes on a comment before it never crossed my mind, thanks everyone
I don't think it broke it's neck. Their arms are equipped to hold them down while their prey can pretty much do nothing. Imagine getting caught in a full nelson hold almost anyone can do it and it's very hard to get out of in most cases. Now imagine yourself getting the back of your neck getting bit by someone while you're in that head lock. It got caught again in another angle that left it's neck exposed and since it's Jugular vein is right there...well you can figure out the rest.
Whenever people create a deadly, insectoid alien race in Sci-Fi, there's a DAMN good reason why they're always based on Mantises. God they're so terrifying.
@@annannanan3024 They usually can't molt as fast as wounds heal. Also, exoskeletons are more easily damaged by brute force. But hey, they're fast. Unless of course, they're giant versions of normal bugs.
As a small kid we were always told not to play with praying mantis because they'd get into our noses and we'd have to go to surgery before they ate our brains. This terrified us as kids and we'd let them be. If I watched this video when I was small... I'd probably be paranoid but now, it has sparked fascination and great respect for them
@@32atharvparodkar Yeah maybe coz I indeed find them very cute & lovely creatures hehehe still can't be they can have some grey shades to their character as well lol
@@skullkruncher6144 I tend to bring up the fact that a decent chunk of predators eat their prey while its still alive when I get hit with the "jUsT bECaUse wE KiLL tHeM qUickLy dOeSn'T maKE It HuMaNE!!!" Like my guy have you seen how other animals treat their prey items? By comparison our slaughter houses for farm animals seem pretty darn humane.
@@captiancholera8459 It's not the quick killing that's inhumane, slaughter houses typically have bad conditions for animals such as cramped living spaces. Also slaughterhouses dispose of wastewater, which is filled with blood, and oil from machinery, which contaminates drinking water and destroys aquatic ecosystems.
@@seagrass9766 I had failed to consider that, at this point I’m just tired of hearing “killing animals is inhumane” as the only issue when in nature it’s a lot more brutal. But you make an excellent point.
It's amazing that something that small could cause that much damage. I mean the animal just catches prey and just starts eating. They have no problem. Someone tested them against SPLF. Now If they could drop a large amount of them in parks and forests where SPLF might flourish they might be able to keep the numbers down without pesticides. The downside is effecting other insects. Thing is up here there are mantis but you don't see them in large amounts. If you see one it's a lucky find.
I ❤️ the pistol shrimp @ 9:00! Furthermore, upon bursting, the temperature inside the bubble gets SO hot that it rivals the temperature on the surface of the sun. It's because of this instantaneous change in temperature that the bubbles actually emit a flash of light when they burst. This all happens so fast that it cannot be perceived by the naked eye (without slow motion cameras)
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@@sync9072 at first I was amazed that it was fighting back when I was just faking an attack, it was raising its arms and all. And then all of a sudden it sprinted towards me. As a kid, I was scared for my life. and also because I knew that it bites
My son recently bought an orchid mantis nymph from a breeder. Initially, I was worried about the little guy not being able to eat larger insects or being harmed by them. Now, after watching this, I worry about my fifteen year old son's head!!
@@thefunnycat9989 Thanks. It was a she, by the way. We had named her Flora, after the Haunting of Bly Manor character. Hope she is enjoying her mate's head in heaven!
When I was a kid I had a praying mantis and I was holding it wrong and I’ll be damned if the SOB didn’t start chewing right into my finger. It actually drew blood and it hurt like hell. Ever since then I’ve had great respect for them. They are badass critters designed to inflict damage in order for their own survival.
@@luciatat4084 lol they won't hurt us humans XD they can only give u a paper cut if they bite u if anything if u ever wanna touch a carnivorous bug I suggest a mantis they won't do much DMG to you if they bite u. And they have a super low chance of biting you and the most they will do and use their arms to grab your finger. The apexes of all apex bugs is the giant centipede that thing can be as long as a adult male leg this is why tarantulas and any other bug won't attack it. All bugs will retreat at the sight or any sense of presence of a giant centipede hunting. And the apex bug of the sky is the dragonfly their rival would be giant hornet but they eat most things in the air for their super fast. In fact the thing centipedes and dragonflies have super speed which gives them advantage over most prey. The praying mantis can eat a centipede if it attack c ks the right side of a centipede for if a mantis mistakens the other end of the centipede as the head it will lose. But another difference of how dangerous centipedes and tarantulas are they can have venom that can kill you. Which is why I recommend things like the mantis their very nice to us but a big threat to everything else.
@@simps1645 No, they are hard working and prefer unity If you closely watch a mantis attack, you would see 1. How they judge every movement they make......and if they make any mistake they correct themselves almost immediately 2. They calculate each and every bit of the prey before attack..... Their body weight, temperature, and their defense.... 3. They can be either the most nimble insect or increase their volume to be a big one.... To atleast scare their opponent The rest is up to you whether you think it's a yes or no
