Praying Mantis vs Hummingbird

[SavageJim01]

Mantis: "Tastes like chicken!"

[sonicvstrex]

0:48 LOL they both died together

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

This is nothing more than disaster porn. Half of the people commenting sound like they'd pay to see pit bulls fight.  I guess it's ok now, everyone got their quick fix. I just love to see some of these pretend to love nature types would behave if they seen a bear, or a crocodile or, some kind of deadly snake. They wouldn't waste a second to get out of there. No other animal will go to the extremes humans will go to in order to defend their own bullshit actions.

[46464321]

Hi, what about the nice music ? Can you remember title ? Thank you and, compliments for the video, just nature as it is.

[AjViShus]

the Praying Mantis was like "Get outta here you son of a bitch!"

[Tactual]

Lot of people forgetting that praying mantises can fly

[wafats]

There is no conceivable way the mantis ate that bird. In fact it probably didn't survive the fall and the ensuing struggle

[Atomic12ELE]

Stupid Praying Mantis

[1234oliveira5678]

Isso faz parte da natureza! O louva deus como carne pra quem não sabe. :)

[fishfreak95]

Male mantises can Fly. Thats probably how it got there xD

[STKDstroyer18]

Little known fact amongst most youtubers is that a preying mantis can indeed fly.

[bluecrab7]

0:19 SAGE MODE

[mariesadler]

I would have flicked that mantis off of the feeder.

[Icewind007]

@mariesadler Why would you knock the mantis off the feeder? It is FEEDING isn't it?

[tjgodwin1]

This was really peaceful to me somehow o.0

[amazingdany]

I felt bad for the birdie and then, the mantis has the right to feed itself.

The law of the forest says so.

[thekellers907]

Adult praying mantises fly you guys. Ever thought that it's possible for it to get up there by itself?

[divine0enigma]

In case some of you missed it, the mantis rips a hummingbird to the ground at the very end of the video.

[dockwerker]

@divine0enigma  haha shit almost missed it..

[joeydroid1]

the uploader did the right thing and let nature take its course. if you removed the mantis then youre interfering with the circle. lions gotta eat the zebra, sharks gotta eat the seal, its the way of the world. beauty doesnt get you a free pass.

[BoliviaMafia]

Awsome Shot!!

[eBiology]

Smart mantises are all hanging out at the hummingbird feeders nowadays =/

[DaveWreckingCrew]

Go figure he gets the one behind the bottle. Oh, and he falls off.

Still- I saw him nab that birdie.

Great upload. Great quality. Too bad there's no carnage, right? I'm sure that's what most of us wanted. But, its a good video.

Cheers, for filming one bug for two days.

[YoungInsanity1]

0:42 Just hold still muther fucker!

[litnight]

great vid!!

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

How did the mantis get onto the humming bird feeder...did you place it there for the for the sake of the video? It sure looks like you did. Humming birds are beautiful. So are praying mantis, but not when you stage stuff for a 50 sec video.

[aggiemomrulz]

@B1N4RYGH0ST

This video was not staged. I have hummingbird feeders all up and down my porch. The praying mantis got up there on its own.  When I saw it, I set up my video camera and recorded for almost TWO days. We live in the country. Every species has a predator. It's called the circle of life.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@aggiemomrulz You remind me of that photographer who followed the little black child filming as he went while a vulture was stalking the child, he let the vulture attack and kill her, got a nobel peace prize and then topped himself the following year. You claim to like humming birds, but don't mind filming a mantis stalking. You're no better than that Photo Journalist. Have a great one.

[GhosTT19]

@B1N4RYGH0ST OVER THE LINE!

[flipinmental]

@B1N4RYGH0ST

totally unrelated how dare you talk to this person like this and describe them in such a bad comparrison. The mantis has seen an oppertunity and taken it. A person is quite different then a bird and if you cant distinguish then go back to school.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@flipinmental Life is life...suck it up!

[Vyocae]

@B1N4RYGH0ST Holy shit, are you serious? There is a big fucking difference between a human child and a bird.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@Vyocae I bet if there was a crocodile underneath your porch, you'd be the first to call for help? Life is life. Why put out feeders and then film the demise of a Humming Bird. Just let nature take its course... don't interfere at all. What is the difference between a dead human being and a dead Humming Bird, or a dead Praying Mantis for that matter. Would you interfere if you seen someone about to walk out into on coming traffic? if yes, why??

[mangoliouskiwi]

@B1N4RYGH0ST

So you want a human to steal a bug's food just because you don't like the fact that the bug has to eat or it dies? Get over it and seriously get out of your house if you feel that way. There's a big difference between something needing to kill to survive and a man made car hitting an animal/human too. There's also a difference in animal rights and just being flat out ignorant.

[deadlytaco101]

@aggiemomrulz yes the circle of life is hard to see things die sometimes it's just nature

[TheFiveoIce]

@B1N4RYGH0ST mantises can fly.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@TheFiveoIce So!!!!

[weedhornjosh]

@B1N4RYGH0ST praying mantis have wings 

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@weedhornjosh So What??

[moonreaper66]

@B1N4RYGH0ST would you like it more if it were a 60 second video? 0.o

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@moonreaper66 I'd like it more if it had been taken off the feeding tray when he/she seen it. Humming birds are beautiful.

[frogsoda]

@B1N4RYGH0ST Maybe you don't know that Praying mantis can fly. It wouldn't have to be placed up there.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@frogsoda I guess the owner of the video ought to go out now and put up a praying mantis feeder. And let those beautiful Humming Birds alone. 

[frogsoda]

@B1N4RYGH0ST WHY?

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@frogsoda So the Humming Birds get to enjoy the same freedoms as the Praying Mantis.

[frogsoda]

@B1N4RYGH0ST They already do. The OP already said that she has ",,,hummingbird feeders all up and down my porch." The birds could have just gone to another feeder.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@frogsoda So he/she can film their demise?  How lame assed is that?

[rotnflesh]

@B1N4RYGH0ST I've had a praying mantis dive-bomb me when I was working as a lifeguard at a public pool...they can go anywhere a bird can go without any troubles.

[B1N4RYGH0ST]

@rotnflesh And...your point is??

[missingno413]

0:01 Hummingbirds annoying the Mantis

0:20 Mantis threatens the Hummingbird

0:33 Hummingbird comes back to piss Mantis off

0:36 Mantis starts shaking in so much anger

0:43 Hummingbird comes back

0:49 Mantis loses his patience and kills the Hummingbird

[VamYang]

You didn't place the praying mantis on there did you?

[aggiemomrulz]

@VamYang

No

[syribia]

@VamYang Adult Praying mantis can fly, it is very likely that praying mantis got there on its own. Those insects are amazing!! Thank God, they are very small compared to us...

[ratzinger007]

@VamYang

Mantis=insect

Insect=wings

you figure out the rest.

[TheLuque1994]

praying mantis are cool

[uarequeer]

lol jesus those things are awesome!!! he was just sittin there watching them then... BAM! lights out

[ilopol]

Praying Mantis will attack anything. 

[aztec406]

hahaa! that was so coolxD

[ORCA4312]

Nah. I don't think the mantis could take one those hummers. Made the attempt, sure.

[TheBuggyGal]

@ORCA4312 actually, go on praying mantis mating and eating, and you'll see praying mantis eats humming bird while mating. go on. look it up.

[warofthewalruses]

@ORCA4312 look up mantis eating hummingbird on google.

[wildz8boiz]

how to did the mantis get up there lol

[ORCA4312]

@wildz8boiz They can fly.

[uarequeer]

@wildz8boiz  they can fly... they also have the sticky feet almost all insects have

[G0odf3lla]

this mantis is fucking hungry

his prey are way bigger than him lol

[knuclear2008]

MANTIS attacks HUMMINGBIRD

...It's not very effective.

HUMMINGBIRD fainted!

[ChristianU2ubeh]

0:20

"OH SHIT!"

[TommyQ72]

The strength doesnt make the animal impresive the intelegence does :)

[thekingodzilla]

lmfao

pryingmantis gotchya

bird WTF drid scrambles with mantis atched

mantis AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHH

[melosebrainuhoh]

Those silly hummingbirds could dive bomb and knock that mantis out of the way if they didn't have brains the size of a grain of rice.

[lanz0r4tehwin]

And what, get some mantis claws in it's face?

[TenteixSaigo]

@lanz0r4tehwin No. It gets eaten entirely, starting at the neck.

[Shadowmourne07]

Did the hummingbird get eaten?

[TenteixSaigo]

@Shadowmourne07 Yes, whole.

[NICKMILL12]

hummingbirds r cool

[minkyblack]

what song is that?

[thewizardofARGH]

I messaged the guy who uploaded it and he said

"I used music from the iLife sound effects tracks. It is called Acoustic Sunrise."

I haven't been able to find a tab for it though, message me if you do.

[minkyblack]

wow...those things are so creepy...

[ohwhatacereal]

i swear the mantis is dancing to the song or something

[themargenaus]

HE got it!!! he was sitting there waiting to catch one! Not to be gruesome... but needed video of the rest... just to show that he did, infact sucessfully catch the bird. Impressive!

[TheJohnathonHarvel]

That was the greatest...lol.