Praying Mantis vs Locust

[elenarobert]

looks like she ate a grasshopper

[dogbert102010]

maybe try recording without all that squeaking in the backgroud :P

[michaelc166]

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[mrm0789]

good job dude, fucking hate locusts.

[john17972]

Hello Mr. Locust, I'm going to chew a hole through your back and eat your brains.

[DoubtfulGrace]

@john17972

LOL... thats the Preying Mantis for ya... so proper...

Truely the James Bond of bugs...

[henyous5]

marcus fenix approves...

[TheHuntress144]

they are really cool. a praying mantis lived on my bike for a few weeks because i was too afraid of it to move him. then his girlfriend moved in with him (on my bike). and even when they started mating they would move from on the top of the bike seat to underneath the seat whenever it was about to rain even if there wasn't a cloud in the sky. they were my little barometers for a few weeks there. very cool stuff.

[Cubone96]

whats a locust?

[SlimJimVG]

Creepy little beast...good thing they're small and not human size.

[kevinsinger2]

are you in a bathroom?

[TheALECAZAM]

WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP

okay title gay instead of "praying mantis vs locust" have it " how praying mantis cach its pray

[TornStarPornStar]

I used to own a praying mantis like that...

I also fed a locust to my Horsefield tortoise who ate it :P

[Swimmeriscool]

16 of you are so dumb if you don't like mantises.

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

Does a praying mantis have any kind of phermone that attracts other bugs so he can catch them?

[undeadpresident]

ADS SUCK

[TnAzzProdukshinZ]

I can't stand bugs omgg.

[Egamer1]

@TnAzzProdukshinZ then get a bunch of mantis and problem is solved

[87pearlgirl]

please watch my video about my praying mantis and let me know your opinion about his legs!!!

[87pearlgirl]

please watch my video about my praying mantis and let me know your opinion about his legs!!!

[CheshireKaytManiac]

I have a pet pray mantis the sweetest insect i have ever seen..we tried to let her go but she followed us back to the house and crawled all over me.. I'm her mama

[grebos4life]

could u imagine if u saw a preyin mantis the size of a human. My first word would be s*** im dead.

[Puschit1]

@grebos4life

Then watch this vid, it has a giant 4 ton mantis in it somewhere:

watch?v=HAX3m6KXgu8

[TheHuskerpower10]

@grebos4life my first word would be gun now gun get the damn gun!

[grebos4life]

@TheHuskerpower10 yeye btw it wud be to late then :) it would of gobbled u and digested you by the time u got a gun :)

[kirbypower521]

Wath was that locust? Eat them all! Good idea!

*nom nom nom and stuff*

[oneupper]

Nom nom eat um up

[megaglomar]

mantis is beautiful

[kostaz8]

does the mantis attack on humans?

[CallMeWhatsername]

Dude!! you need to tell me where and how to catch one. i had one at one point but he died from old age, and I want another one!! :/

[xXSoulSeakerXx]

Locust got pwned

[MightySandwich79]

Locust go bye-bye.

[ranchodelaluna]

what a way to die, chewed alive

[xinic5]

@ranchodelaluna Chewed alive.......Is this a new Cannibal Corpse song?

[SangheiliKing]

not a locast

[MrSl1p]

i have a pet one they truly are a beautiful bug snd now pet i feed him bees daily hes healthy as an ox and elegant as a ballerina graceful yet deadly O.o

[imtrotterman]

i get alot of praying mantises here in the summer usualy on trees or on my porch

[80gamer]

he lives with his mom

[rhunt04]

I be are lolling.

[jalfcat]

I really want a pet praying mantis to bad my mum don't like insects sigh :(

[g0rbak]

GREEN HYDRALISK :D haha i mean the one from starcraft :P so that what inspired blizzard for making it oh i see it now

[kjmembrebe]

if there is a locust plague we need a mantis army

[aloveablebunny]

NOM NOM NOM

[DecriminalizeLiberty]

Graceful Organic Robots

[MrChattyO]

The Mantis has to be one of the most insane insects! They are fiesty too! Ever pick one up? I was trying to put it back in the tree it was near and it hopped on my face!

[mcennis4545]

@MrChattyO a mantis never ever attacks something that it knows it can't eat/kill

[themixedarts]

@mcennis4545

Ive seen small mantids attack cats . Also frogs that are much much larger and heavier.

[TheGreatCorneliuski]

I would like to toss a thousand of these in my neighbor's yard which he turned into a heavy garden. After 30 years suddenly there's a noisy frog back there and grasshoppers ready to devastate any consumable garden vegetables or herbs around.

[dragonamt]

I have had to spook these things off the hummingbird feeder before. they are spookily smart. I mean to know to sit at the feeder for a hummingbird. Almost felt bad kicking it of but my mother was having a fit "Don't let that damn bug eat MY hummingbirds!!!" lol XD

[christiancornerJC7]

Jesus loves you and cares for you!!! message me if you have any questions about God!!!

[michaelquickable]

nice. I caught two mantis in my day. They are cool. They are easy to keep, just feed them

[TheBulap]

Most pets require some kind of feeding.

[vnvfan666]

@TheBulap No disrespect..Bit that's redundant..

[Redlightning7]

The closest thing I've seen to a praying mantis in real life was a stick bug.

[R0KURU]

I've seen plenty of mantis, but I've never seen a stick bug

[rhoph]

@R0KURU Dude stick bugs are awesome. The first time i saw one was on my front door just sitting there.

[skydancinghobbit]

i wonder are they easy to keep as pets?

[Code9aa]

I saw a praying mantis at work one time. It was on a wall and it moved so carefully, its legs stretching out little by little as it moved. I was mesmerized by how careful and graceful they are. It was the first time I had ever seen one. Then some idiot (a co-worker) killed it for no reason. We watched it move for about 5 minutes then out of no where, he kills it. I will never forget the elegance of it though, they are facinating creatures!

[miciso666]

agree mantis are one of the most beautiful and imo best insects they camouflage nicely they can fend of some pretty nasty insects like hornets spiders and such not when in a friggin bowl in the open field -,-, they got most chance of winning if theyre in grass i managed to catch one a few weeks ago called him snyder :P so far hes doing good got some nice tips from pet shop and stuff

[Flamestrke]

You can get them as pets pretty easily, I have one, they are great fun to look after, and relatively east

[michaelquickable]

your co-worker is a dick. You know they are endangered and that is a fine of like $500 right? They might not be endangered any more, but I think they are. I hate people like that

[fsxlover]

@Code9aa Thats illegal here in Ohio.

[Inferi2000]

@Code9aa yes they are, saw one near my house a couple of weeks ago, i like them ago BUT their eyes are kinda creepy, the one i saw was yellow, pretty weird

[09ean]

@Inferi2000 during the day their eyes are green but at night are red thats somenthing like infrared i had one of this like a pet for like a 1 year but i got another one and i put it on the same cage and 2 hours later i check the cage the new one eat my pet but this are very nice insects//

[chuj00]

@Code9aa i love them if i was at ur job chances are i would have sucker punched ur co-worker like nothing

[superpiemonster]

@Code9aa sack him if you get promoted to boss

[AznSwat]

@Code9aa were you angry at ur co-workers? I would had yelled at him for doing that.

[tmouse86]

I am glad a mantis left an impression on you, too many people do what your co-worker did. They are harmless to humans therefor we shouldn't harm them.

[reptaryay]

@tmouse86 shouldn't lol, its illegal to kill them :)

[mdornfe1]

@Code9aa fuck that guy!

[defiantwon33]

@Code9aa their lethal capabilities and elegance is why the chinese developed a martial art based on their movements. if you've never seen someone perform mantis kung fu, it's really cool to watch. they are fascinating creatures.

[xinic5]

@Code9aa That's when I would take my pen and stabe the co-worker and say "How does it feel bitch!!?!?!"

[encycl07pedia]

@xinic5 And I'd love to see you get put in prison for stabbing someone over a cannibalistic bug. F***ing idiot.

[xinic5]

@encycl07pedia Oh, prison. I can rap other guys there!

[keeyk118b]

@Code9aa your co worker is a jerk. they are harmless.

[zombieman5110]

@Code9aa

same thing but at my school and i asked the kid y he killed it and he said it was dangerous ... all i could do was *facepalm*

[pops51201]

@Code9where i live,its illegal to kill praying mantis',ive held them and have seen them in my yard all the time,so far ive found like 20 of them

[XenaFan4eva]

i'm afraid of each insect and most i'm afraid of locusts and praying mantis. The only insects i'm not afraid are spiders

[Lionel4482]

did you know a spider is not an insect. it's an arachnid

[mindmonkey00]

@XenaFan4eva no wonder you're not afraid of spiders because they're not insects

[sfurner]

@XenaFan4eva Spiders aren't insects.

[UnablEEE]

did you knew that matisses dont kill their prey before they eat? they eat their preys them allive!! thats gotta hurt... thats why i dont like mantisses, im afraid of them :(

[EmpKazbar]

Locusts, along with most insects, don't have nerve endings, and thus, can't feel any pain, so no, it doesn't hurt

[pikacunut]

@EmpKazbar

Wow, never knew most insects didn't feel pain.

[oflamemakero]

@pikacunut ofc they do you loser

[pikacunut]

@oflamemakero

Actually, it is unknown whether or not most insects truly feel pain, you loser.

[doenervich]

@pikacunut I think they feel pain because you have to. If you don't feel pain, you can't handle a dangerous situation.

[pikacunut]

@doenervich

Feeling pain is very complicated. It is actually unknown whether or not something like an insect can. And they can handle a situation without pain.

[AVP181]

@EmpKazbar

So i can stap a needle frew its ass and it wont fell it? Kewl :3

[oflamemakero]

@EmpKazbar they do feel pain they just cant express it you dumb fuck

[superbadkneegrow]

@EmpKazbar what about crickets?i lwys feed my mantises crikets, dragonflys, grasshoppers,moths, and sometimes they manage to eat each oter cuz i let them ot to explore my room easy to find though the always go up

[pandurate]

@EmpKazbar Still gotta ruin your whole day...

[stephengerondakis]

@EmpKazbar Imagine that death....."WHOA! Are you eating me? Shit......well, ive lived for a good 36 hours. Im coming mom and dad.....whoever you are!"

[NickoNicoNOTDouga]

@EmpKazbar so there basically they're zombies!?!??

[W84MyFriend]

@EmpKazbar But mantis does, I remember when an ant bites his hand and he bites/cuts off his hand.

[N1k1mon]

@EmpKazbar Thats good to know, I had actually never read that before. Once in a while I think of the billions of insects killed daily worldwide, wondering about the unfairness of the life of a bug, it just didn't seem right!

[ForgottenSpore]

@EmpKazbar TY Lord!

[pwnzerx]

that would be soo funny if it was gow locust

[TheLeogecko]

ya there awsome creatures leo gecko and might get a praying mantis. aws vid

[fliegerone1]

great animal to eat!

[bowie136]

I remember when i saw a mantis. I had a bullshit friend who said they spit this stuff on you that makes you go blind. They're really cool creatures. They're not stupid,like most bugs. They actually look at you and,yeah...

I saw one in my backyard. The net day i found him dead :(

I don't know what to say about how smart they(as you've noticed). But i know that there pretty damn smart.

[stevenabb]

Has that guy ever gotten laid in his life?

[icanmyshoetie]

@stevenabb Chicks love the Mantis

[StitchV2]

......It killed him deaaad.....

[TKEMP360]

lol i was climbing a tree once i came back down, and there was one on my shoulder...i screamed like a girl and ran inside

[Defjamer11]

omg it blends in with da leaves on dat plant. nice

[gmaronde]

that one is a great color

[Smallvillelova]

i just found out my biggest fear ewewe i didn't now they could turn there heads

[ArsiniC11]

I used to have a collection of them when I was a kid until they all died in my critter cage =[ they're the coolest friendliest fellas, except to their own kind lol

[timahn24]

dude i have a brown one its so scary and a green one its really small

[RaYxRaY559]

lmao! my garden is full of em but i dont like em theyre creepy lolz

[EDCSLEEPY]

if its trying to eat the male it means they already mated

[Teranex]

So where is the VS part? All i see is feeding.

[zealot286]

i want one

[TheEmoBeatlesFan]

Praying Mantis are awesome! =D

[alcoholicxsyrup]

I have a pet praying mantis...well I have two, We have had the boy for about a month now, but we keep them separated (because the female keeps trying to eat the male.)

[AF501GUY]

Mate them by having the male on your left hand and the female on your right///// have your male over the back of your female and let him leap on the female and mate :)

[Antofffka]

there is a big population of Praying Mantis on my balcony Garden. One evening the light was one, and a lot of bees were flying around it. Praying mantis was siting right on top of it, on the branch of a small tree, and tried to catch those. Interesting creatures

[blakbanshee]

I saw a big praying mantis eat 3 bumble bees today. Amazing creature to watch.

[MikeMoldao]

I'm from Portugal and I see praying manthis and locusts all the time :D

[aranelcarnilino]

That's weird. They're all over where I live (Eastern Oregon). I saw around seven in one afternoon while I was washing windows. They're really cool, so I made sure not to hurt any of them... ;-)

[Unbravo]

where would i find a mantis?

I live in Oregon and so far I've only found one this whole summer....And it was a dinky male that found me.

[Teranex]

_Mantises are super rare, you are lucky to find one.

[kirbyman1kanden7pf]

yah I only seen two in my entire life :|

[dsxz]

lol ive seen 5 in the last year

[RennTaPenn]

found two today

[nomursey]

wooo omfg my pet wasp just owned a tarantula omg omg omg im so exited hes probably the strongest wasp in the world!!!!!

[stijve5]

Looking for an entertaining video?

My pet snake: aggressive, dumb, active and loads of fun. See his tactics while he's hunting...

watch?v=pLFOSr0Ecbg

or search for "Mister Snake: aggressive & not too bright..."

or go to my channel (click my name)

Or if you prefer a Praying Mantis, here's a compilation of some good hunting/eating clips:

watch?v=WpF1kcI7H-Q

or search for "Praying Mantis, hunting & eating"

or go to my channel (click my name)

[Bogmire11]

i have a pet european mantis, and i was amazed at how quickly they can strike at their prey

[deathtouch100]

hell I live in Michigan dank and they are all over the place, they can change to browish colors also, they are all over the place, I have seens thousands and the same with locusta which are grasshoppers for those that don't know.you find them in grassy areas or on trees sometimes but they are hard to see in tall grass being they bland in, and have great eyee sight. I only placed one unharmed on my tongue and chased a guy around the workplace with it on my tongue because he was scared of them

[RawrItsOllie]

Ive seen this at London zoo, it had laid 5 ootheca :)

[classicalpiano101]

i saw one in france

[lesouder2222]

They come through my back yard in Southern Ontario Canada. It's a sweet insect! I put a video clip of a praying mantis in one of my YouTube nature videos. I haven't seen one this year though - :( -but it's been cold here this year. I've seen many in my life and all of them from Southern Ontario. Mostly green but some are brown.

[Gtrplyr1]

ive only seen two in my lifetime living in NY

[VikingInvaders]

dinner served

[Leojx94]

Awesome Bug! I've loved Praying mantis since I was like 7 Years Old! It looks like something from another planet.

[yeahigotin]

I loved Praying mantises since i was 6 1/2 years old!

[lnternet]

loved your mom since i was 12

[jack154154]

Watch my video it's funny at the end you will rofl

[ABvatt10]

how DID they get the locust, imen the zoo people :0

[dankSmoka27]

where can i find one? i live in the States. midwest. i hate locust

[IGiveTheWord]

This is far from you, but rarely i found one at the south of france, at sea.

[acco8675309]

They're not endangered. I see at least ten a day, and they make great pets. I even trained one to drink out of a spoon. I know you can buy egg sacks on line if you want to try your hand at raising them.

[shadowthehedhegog]

:o...............

[RawrItsOllie]

I only managed to see one. Where were the others? The one i saw had laid 5 ootheca :)

[kingjohnkk]

get a couple of these, there will never be any bugs left in my house!!! fuck yeaaaa

[xlightwavex]

ya normally their scared of people

and they dont make good pets i think they die if they dont have plenty of room to move around

i dunno if thier still endagered

but when i was a kid they were going extinct in northeastern america i never see them anymore at all

[semaj33056]

Can you buy one at the pet store??

[fredryckphocks]

has anyone seen a grasshopper the size of a hand?

well if you want to i just posted a video of one

[JOSHUAM246]

lol dis is funny

[Tintelol]

om nom nom mom nom

[MrQuestionAuthority]

My grandpa used to keep Preying Manti as pets when I was little. He loved thier deadly grace.

I had one land on my car yesterday before I left for work. I carefully removed him from my trunk and put him in a shrub so he could do some hunting.

Respect the Mantis. If it was as big as us, we would be on the menu.

[MangoBastard]

that things got some serious camo in that plant

[mariotaz]

Get a Locust from Gears of War against the mantis!!!!!

[killer00630]

LOL, I think we'll be the victims.

[vcga]

you think the locust would say ok i figth a little bug(if it was possible)

[oiLLuSi0NZzo]

locust got 5-0ed

[metalicsupra]

i saw one at Six Flags and this morning i thought hmm last year there was one like 2 inches long there should be another in my backyard this year and after looking for 30 seconds i found one brown one hanging on a dead leaf and one really tiny green one.

[LazyBoyBrian]

that's a really KOOL mantis! i have a mantis of my own-it's great!!!

[AF501GUY]

I'm raising a boy and girl mantis

[t00mey93]

Dont the girl mantis bite of the male mantis head when theyre gonna have sex? :P

[MikeyCreation]

I live in NYC, Brooklyn saw one in my backyard.

[hello6624]

i been bit by a mantis dosent hurt but i feel sorry 4 da locust coz dere awsum

[phonzlocka]

yep! lol! Love hurts!

[bjlds]

Praying mantises seem so rare to find. I've never seen one in my life.

[younghawkster78]

depends on where you live, i live in norfolk, virginia usa and we have plenty by bays and rivers

[Pr3da1or666]

ive found one in recess at school , seen one in my whole life though

[5footface]

They were all over the place in italy when I lived there :D very cool

[Pr3da1or666]

lucky

[SeAnXxXShOt]

really? wow Ive seen them a lot specially at school they usually like to hang upside down in high places?

[starlightex66]

I have only seen 3 praying mantis. One was big, one was also big but it was dead, and the last one was a baby.

[spastoOoO]

thats a big mantis!!

[superblackman252]

buy them at a local plant nursery. i got 600 of them right now. it awesome.

[alyxvance999]

where did u get that mantis

[aznking32]

cool! i lovethis video! :)

[UltrasIlisia]

parta ta arxidia mou mpastardi akrida gamimeni!

[54spiritedwill54]

nice

[george77772moons]

somehow, in the middle of the city, miles and miles away from the nearest greenery, I found a praying mantis 5 STORIES ABOVE GROUND LEVEL in my grandparents apartment! wtf?

[creepyartkid]

they can fly

[Kudiz]

they are here to TAKE OVER THE WORLD

[george77772moons]

I figured that out when it dropped from the ceiling onto 1 of my family members...