Nature's Perfect Predators- Praying Mantis

[mrmaxell222]

I Really don't understand why people would upvote such a dumb comment. Who cares if he pees on the side of a toilet?

[itsadam95]

Let the chain of bug videos begin!

[sensicz]

1:50 WUT ?

[T14Delta]

LoL its Tom Noble :p

[saddy3489]

@T14Delta holy shit, so he doesnt always play fifa lol :p

[stijve5]

watch?v=WpF1kcI7H-Q for some mantis hunting and eating close ups

[Levitikai]

I prefer preying mantis. It better fits what they are.

[broly71000]

damn nature u SCARY!

[broly71000]

damn nature u SCARY!



[examinationboard]

i love these creatures. They kill the noisy cicadas.

[cooldude54188]

@dandaman1158 so I'm not the only one

[datura1983]

one time i came up to the house and it was pitch black went to touch the doorknob and a giant praying mantis was on it lmao freaked me out so i went in and turned on the poorch light and was shocked at how BIG this fellow was. so i had a bug container thing and caught him and put him in it for a bit,, be VERY CAREFUL how you hold one of these. those thingies in their mouths hurt. he wasnt too happy but i put some leaves and water and watched him drink the water it was neat. then released him :)

[liveslowlivesimple]

sometimes i pee in my pants to make less noise

[stickmanhero1]

Damn nature you SCARY!!!

[CrrazzyMunkey]

whhh

[leopardgecko871]

Gettin a mantis I think :)

[leopardgecko871]

Gettin a mantis I think :)

[johnn8754]

i can feel the praying mantis on me

[k8g8s8]

i came here to find the vid that WickedWonka130 told me about XD i cant find it lol

[MAXBLAYLOCK]

You'd think their prey would wise up and start carrying rolled up newspapers.

[adoublewood]

lol so the female mantis would use sex to get food when they need to, brilliant!

!

[omniexistus]

@adoublewood just like women ryt?

[Trans4mers8456]

DNYS!

[Xjerp]

Sorry WisenedGnome, the Vote Up and Vote Down buttons are way to close...

[TheDuvee6]

I once saw one on a wall in Portugal. It just stood there randomly. I took out my scissors and cut it in half

[Xjerp]

@TheDuvee6 Why did you do that?!

[ulli0402]

@TheDuvee6

Why would you do that?

[chesleycareystar]

PRAY BEFORE YOU EAT!

[miehrano]

already got a emperor scorpion, just got a Chilean rose. this got to be my next pet!

[stark9025]

Chainsaw 4 hand

[ScrubsTheNewcomers]

I want one so bad... I want a mantis since i was 4 years old but my dad doesn't want it :(

[xXsuperhuntieXx]

Uh i thouhgt these little guys were pretty cool, never mind...

[BlackimusMaximum]

Kung Fu Panda mantis eat dumplings and noodles(I think). =D

[Bionicle1942]

thats awesome but very scarry



[Joshua1112111]

What if these were human sized QQ

[T3RRABYT3]

one thing they did not include is mantises can also eat fish that surface

[IceStormGamer]

Lol looks like that guy kicked himself in the face 3:23

[Christusolus]

The female kills it's lover. haha. so true with humans too!

[wesafree]

1:50 samuel l. jackson as a mantis.

[Rimersum]

Natures ninja...

[Filmaker25]

I can't wait until the Manis egg hatches that I have!

[wesafree]

@Filmaker25 MAKE SURE IT'S UPSIDE DOWN WHEN THEY ARE BORN. otherwise they'll be weak forever.

[Filmaker25]

@wesafree How do I do that ? I had to take the egg sack down to put it into a jugg .

[wesafree]

@Filmaker25 well, mantises always lay them upside to begin with-- on a stick or something. if you broke the stick off, place the stick upside down in the jug.

if you... peeled the egg sac off by itself *winces* then... the best i can say is make a little ledge in your jug, so when they hatch, they can at least crawl under the ledge and learn to climb upside down.

i used to have ickle praying mantises :) i'm sure you can google more detailed care for the little ones. best of luck!

[DravenWolfe]

My favorite bug in the world. second is Ant.

[dandaman1158]

sometimes I pee on the side of the toilet to make less noise

[jamarl1000]

@dandaman1158

why the fuck did say it

I do it too

by the way this is the most disgusting insect for me

[mookeychase0907]

@dandaman1158 Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! And I thought I was crazy...

[31lucian]

@dandaman1158 I pee right in the middle of the toilet to make more noise and establish my dominance.

[BladeOfForsaken]

if you frequent youtube it means that you are always bored :(

[utubehalowa19]

i was getting goosebumps while watching this

[MistressVixen]

I had brought one inside when I was younger and my grandma flipped. Then she saw it catch a spider. Suddenly she wasn't so bothered by it's presence. xD

[boastfuls]

i've never seen a ground one..

[mkocja5a]

humans are not the deadliest creatures on earth, we just have the best weapons.

[MrAaronreina]

@mkocja5a umm, yeah, that makes us the most deadly. our minds develop those weapons right?

[mkocja5a]

@MrAaronreina we and our minds develop the deadliest weapons, but we ourselfs are not deadly. if a human with no weapons was put in an arena with a tiger, the tiger would win hands down. no human would stand a chance against a tiger without weapons, not even chuck norris xD

[MrAaronreina]

@mkocja5a Everything you said sounded good up until the "..not even Chuck Norris." part. Now everything you say is suspect and I'm not sure I can believe you anymore....lol

[mkocja5a]

@MrAaronreina i assume you were joking XD because i'm pretty sure chuck norris woulodn't be able to beat a tiger, bear, lion, jaguar, gorilla, hippo, rhino or elephant ...even though he doesn't sleep, he wakes :P

tiger paw swipe: 12x more powerful then adult man's punch (they can kill adult brown bears btw)

gorilla: 10x stronger then adult man

hippo: responsible for many human deaths

jaguar: top of south american foodchain

chuck could beat allmost any human, but a tiger would beat him :P

[drakomytaka599]

It's funny. I have one of these in a tank in my room. One night is gonna escape and I'll suddenly be relieved of morning wood. With side effects. Shit.

[Shadowblood66]

@drakomytaka599 LOL!

[carlyandoreo9625]

In the Philippines, we had something called a "bukid" beyond the backyard walls of our house, and when I was about 5 years old, I used to go there several times during the day and find praying mantis, dragon flies, and other insects to catch and observe. It was hard to though because there were rumors of snakes living there because the grass was tall as the 5 year old me. Nevertheless, I love praying mantis and dragonflies.

[bratboy9671]

DAM NATURE U SCARY

[RespectedGuy]

wait it can attack a turtle?

[undereaper]

ive seen 2 prime mantis in my school track some one almost steped on it :[

[freakymanyo]

this is my favorite insect of all time but i never realized it was so powerfull

[BasshuterZ]

I think this one is the most perfect predator.

Just imagine with a size of an Elephant, it would be able to crush a TANK so easily :D

It would eat Helicopters for breakfast :D

[iloveredalert3]

@BasshuterZ Eat Metal?

YUCK!

[floppaboppa]

@BasshuterZ Except for at least two things:

1) There are size restrictions for insects since they don't have lungs.

2) It would be crushed under its own weight since strength is proportional to the cross-section of an object (say if you made it 100 times bigger, the limbs would be able to hold approximately 10,000 times more weight), and magnification of the animal would occur in three dimensions (which would increase the weight of said insect by a factor of 1,000,000).

[BasshuterZ]

@floppaboppa Idiot.

[floppaboppa]

@BasshuterZ Wow, you really got me there.

Are you a creationist as well? That'd make my day.

[BasshuterZ]

@floppaboppa I just hate to spend my time on giving long reply's. ok?

[z4ang3tsu]

@BasshuterZ ahah have you by any chance read baki? cause your thought is so damn similiar to the one in the manga =O

[BasshuterZ]

@z4ang3tsu Nope, i read lots of Manga but haven't heard of Baki, i do read: Fairy tail, DB,DBZ, Bleach, One Piece, Full metal alchemist, Death Note, Code Geass, Elfen Lied, Naruto/Ship... What's happening in Baki? Supernatural?

[z4ang3tsu]

@BasshuterZ Well it's actually Grappler Baki,and it's one of the best manga about martial arts.I told you that before 'cause there is a part in the manga where the protagonist thinks about a giantz sized mantis as the most powerful insect even above such animals as the african elephant.

[zer01ife]

i had to kill one the other day...I'm a big 21 year old guy and I was scared shitless, why are these things so god dam creepy

[Mantisboy14]

it's true mantis are the fastest striking animals i even have some!!

[michelletran008]

females are known to devour their partner while mating. get him while his guard his down ladies

[JordanN5253]

I don't clean steak knives with my mouth

[walmartian]

@JordanN5253 sissy

[JordanN5253]

@walmartian I know ;_;

[rickpearls]

@JordanN5253 ; start eating the bugs for good health - it's an old age remedy for whatever ails you. mantis are especially delicious, especially their faces

[killercrystal]

@JordanN5253 I do...

[LexWillful]

@JordanN5253 LMAO

[omniexistus]

@JordanN5253 well u should..ur wasting water otherwise

[16Djmac]

the perfect assassin

[yup703]

if thar realy is a fine for killing them then i owe alot of money. thay maybe fast but thar arent faster than a mower conditioner.. didnt know thay were in maine

[whitetigarz]

If the Praying Mantis was so amazing why is it endangered and a 50$ fine if you kill it or keep it as a pet?! I vote that it is NOT amazing and it goes right up there with panda's.

[LuvSmileyFace]

My favourite part is when he says "like a cat"

[lagiacrus54]

parying mantis are the chunk norris of the insect world

[mattiesensei666]

praying mantis = the coolest insect of all time!

[Orangehead65]

uh p ewwwwwwwwww

[MrMatiii91]

1.50 I SEE U

[radauman]

CRAZY ASS BITCH!

[jefflang77]

00:28 cod sound??

[SoulDaFlame]

Yeah, Animal Planet should have XboxAhoy narrate this.

[hoodenmcburg]

Praying Manti are fucking badass.

[MegaFrogfreak]

Cool bug too bad they don't live very long

[Neuromance27]

Ever seen the movie Them? Lolz... a supersized ant colony would own.

[jarheadbludfire]

1:51 dun dun dun...dramatic look!

[muibe123]

eat prey alive is the worst thing on earth... so please dun let it get small mammal :(

[johnnyrocketisgod]

@muibe123 you really do live in a marshmallow bubble dont you?

[dontdothat619]

2:22 innocent mantis

2:24 OH FUCKING GOD EVIL MANTIS

[JaLLeYao]

It's 3:am and i'm sitting and watching bug videos on youtube... my life has gone terribly wrong.

[pacingBlue]

@JaLLeYao So am I! We must do something

[TheShadowman60]

@JaLLeYao Your life is perfect, you're just bored. I recommend "Howcast".

[andrewr62]

@JaLLeYao You could be doing much worse.

[Ronniedasmoker]

@JaLLeYao yes pal jus wat i was thinking aswell

[RalphAdriane]

@JaLLeYao damn! its 3:am here when i read your post!! weird

[DeadlockDaze]

@RalphAdriane its 3 am when i read yours lol. must be bug hour

[texas0828]

@JaLLeYao loll

[blackmath8]

DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY!

[isaiahantonio]

am i the only one who found 1:49 creepy? hahaha

[HatesStupidPeople194]

@isaiahantonio lmao nope i thought so 2

[gojirafan430]

this guy is kind of stupid

he says that the mantis strikes at 1/20th of a second claiming that its twice as fast as the human eye even though the human eye can easily see fastermoving objects

[michiel2047]

1:49 dramatic praying mantis

[azzert10]

it prays before it takes its meal

[dodecadevin]

lol the narrator is Raiden from MGS2/4

[jiggyy]

I guess that explains the praying mantis in Kung Fu Panda.

[christiananddj9]

Yesterday i saw a praying mantis at my church.

[Wiromax3]

Note to self, search kung fu + praying mantis.

[chainedkittyable]

in CA if you go to target or walmarts plant section, they sell the eggs in the summer, they hatch and actruly protect your veggies or fruits in your garden, there fucking fantastic little fuckers.

[Starg8atlantisrox]

We raise these buggers. We once hatched a queen, that laid an egg sack on our grape bush. When they hatch the swarm there cage, and many didnt survive this year because of some minor flooding that happened. :(

But I hope we hatched another queen! They are great pest control! If you have insect problems in your garden, try breeding mantis's!

[gajdijaa]

can you imagine a supersize mantis thrown into aliens vs predators??? that'll be fuckin' awesome!!

[AtlantaITGirl]

how can anything be twice as fast as the blink of an eye?

damn nature u scary!

[MrYogurtslinger]

I can proudly say i caught this pokemon in the safari zone

[Y0urMomLastNight]

OMG WHOS ITCHY NOW...

[MustGrill]

I got one to show you, at this time it's small but if it don't get eat, it will be the T-Rex.

[snoookie456]

This thing got in my room late at night... I could barely get some sleep, I just KNEW it was after me!!!

[Y0urMomLastNight]

@snoookie456 WHERE do you live that has a praying mantis?!?

[snoookie456]

@Y0urMomLastNight Bulgaria, Southeast Europe... 

[offyerrocker]

@Y0urMomLastNight They live in many many states. Why just the other day, I found two here in CA.

[dtiydr]

0:49 Would work just fine in a horror movie.

[ThinkingRebal]

Lest this is better then that Whale wars crap...

[BettaAndHorses4Ever]

oh my god, that thing is soooo freakyyyyy!

[HDazlaef]

0:29-0:30 MW2 WTF

[YesWeCantaloupe]

God I hate animal planet. If I wanna watch a doc about bugs and animals I don't want computer animation and drum beats. I want a slow silent observation of a praying mantis, narrated by a guy with a British accent.

[ShaniqaPikes]

@YesWeCantaloupe

Thank you for saying that. I couldn't articulate any better what I dislike about Animal Planet, except maybe the whole evenings of Animal Cops and cruelty cases.

[Wolfgang42m]

@YesWeCantaloupe David Attenborough baby :) all the way

[acetuana12345]

@YesWeCantaloupe hehh yup



[The4LA2Baker0]

@YesWeCantaloupe Also, the sound effects are very inane. (2:10) Sounds like laser beams or some stupid shit when they strike. I've seen other episodes that make spiders sound like lions.

[xrustynailsx]

@YesWeCantaloupe

lol narrated by a guy with a british accent

[TheShadowman60]

@YesWeCantaloupe Why...Fucking...British? *Grinds teeth in anger*

[YesWeCantaloupe]

@TheShadowman60 Fine. Australian.

[TheShadowman60]

@YesWeCantaloupe :)

[16Djmac]

@YesWeCantaloupe or queen latifa

[alexhamster1134]

@YesWeCantaloupe thats the MTV generation for ya

[kdc43]

@YesWeCantaloupe I love A.P and it's special effects.

[Bhousm76]

@YesWeCantaloupe

lol, exactly. Where is Sir David Attenborough?

[OffTrack7593385]

O_O ONE OF THOSE WAS ON ME

[toughbananas974]

soo if they have compound eyes why does it look like the green ones have pupils?

[SuperSlimeBoy]

bugs.. e..eat...b.b..b...birds?

[thetoxicsoul]

I used to have a pet praying mantis named Maynard. I raised him from a tiny nymph, no bigger than my little finger joint. He grew up bigger than the palm of my hand! Sadly, mantises have short lifespans. I miss Maynard. :(

[blackbelt807]

@thetoxicsoul  i know how its feels

[VampirePonys]

I AM A MANTIS I STALK MY PRAY

[Jimborocknroll90]

my mantis broke one of his front claws can he still catch food with one?

[MrMattgreider]

@Jimborocknroll90 Won't it grow back?

[Jimborocknroll90]

@MrMattgreider it is suppose to after it molts but i dont think it has the talent to catch things with one hand lol

[walmartian]

i found a young male who was missing 1 arm, it was a stub with a black tip, (it had probly been eaten off in a fight with another mantis) but it could still catch with just 1 arm, but after 3 weeks the mantis regenerated its missing arm but the new arm was not a perfect replica it looked deformed

[AlanTookTheRedPill]

If Attenborough isn't narrating I'm not listening

[THEREDNIG]

WISH THE MANTIS WOULD EAT THE ADS

[betrayer121797]

i like to see a human sized mantis versing a world top martila artist who uses a blade

[Multitasker1023]

DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY!

[nicktesla45]

Yea ! he's praying that some poor little critter may come along so he can kill it !! And to make things worse the little fucker knows Kung Fu !