Praying Mantis vs Mouse: NWS

[Dr Mordrid]

Not going to speculate about the mental health of the guys who filmed this, but it really shows how ferocious a praying mantis really is;

http://www.uselessjunk.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2986&mode=nested&order=0&thold=-1

Dr. Mordrid

[TransformX]

Well, they did mention something about killer instinct. After seeing a shrew killing a scorpion, I believe it has a lot to do with it.

[KvHagedorn]

The best possible use I could think of for that ray gun from Honey I shrunk the Kids would be to use it on that sick **** and put him in there with his own murderous pet.

[Kooldino]

The video quality was awful.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Not going to speculate about the mental health of the guys who filmed this, but it really shows how ferocious a praying mantis really is.

What he said.

The video quality was awful.

And what he said too.

The best possible use I could think of for that ray gun from Honey I shrunk the Kids would be to use it on that sick **** and put him in there with his own murderous pet.

Emphasis added by me.

Umm, not what he said. Guess what? Predators EAT other animals! I do agree with Dr Mordrid's indirectly stated opinion about the people who set up the encounter, but I don't find the sight of a praying mantis eating a mouse in and of itself to be disturbing.

[cjolley]

I think it also shows the advantage of six legs in a glass bottle.
I'm pretty sure that in the wild the mantis would have been mouse chow.

[Dr Mordrid]

Not necessarily mouse chow, but at least the mammal would have had the warm blooded speed advantage & open ground to use it

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

I know animals kill other animals, but does it not bother you just a tiny bit to watch an insect eat a mammal alive? And especially when other mammals arranged it and decribe the carnage in mundane detail? These guys are sick twisted ****s.

[cjolley]

I know animals kill other animals, but does it not bother you just a tiny bit to watch an insect eat a mammal alive? And especially when other mammals arranged it and decribe the carnage in mundane detail? These guys are sick twisted ****s.

Chuck you Phylist you!
You wouldn't say that if if was another Chordate, like a boa for example.

[KvHagedorn]

Worse than that. I know this guy who came into the store with a paper bag that was moving. I asked what it was and he told me it was a mouse for his son's python. Told him he was a traitor to his class.

[Dr Mordrid]

I had a pet reticulated python that was ~9 feet. Had to give it to a friend when I moved into an apartment that wasn't understanding

His favorite food was rats, which I obtained from a local pet store.

Dr. Mordrid