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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Zook on August 21, 2011, 09:01:34 PM
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A bit random but...
I love these things. The Mantis is the only insect I like. The only insect I will let near me and even crawl on me (Ok I've let Ants crawl on me, but I fed them to Ant Lions right after). This creature is just bad ass. Why did I make this thread? There was one on my car last night, just chillin' on the window. I was running late so I had no time to run around to the other side to take it off, so it got to go on a little adventure of windy proportions. As I was driving I kept looking over to make sure it was there. I really wanted it to stay on the car the whole way, even opening the window hoping it would crawl inside, but as I was at a stop light, making a turn, it disappeared into the darkness.
I caught a glimpse of a ninja last night. It was wonderful.
Appreciate these amazing creatures.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Mantis-greece-alonisos-0a.jpg/800px-Mantis-greece-alonisos-0a.jpg)
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No praying mantises here. Always wanted to see one though, they seem cool. Oh well, the only insect I like here are dragonflies.
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Never had the pleasure of coming across one, though I do get some wicked orb spiders. The ones that make the really cool stereotypical webs, I think. Always a cool sight.
Also,
I caught a glimpse of a ninja last night. It was wonderful.
Um, I did see a ninja at the local giant strip mall, a couple weeks back, but he looked more like this:
(https://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2010/108/5/f/Juggalo_Ninja__Caza_by_Cazamanga.jpg)
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Never had the pleasure of coming across one, though I do get some wicked orb spiders. The ones that make the really cool stereotypical webs, I think. Always a cool sight.
Also,
I caught a glimpse of a ninja last night. It was wonderful.
Um, I did see a ninja at the local giant strip mall, a couple weeks back, but he looked more like this:
(https://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2010/108/5/f/Juggalo_Ninja__Caza_by_Cazamanga.jpg)
When my friends and I were in Miami for a car show, on the way home we saw a ninja standing on the corner. And I mean an actual ninja (not a gansta wannabe) in the full getup, swords and all. When we looked back he was gone.
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Did you guys return home a man or 10 short?
A good ninja can do that.
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No, we had our ninja repellent on.
DEUS EX MACHINA
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So much for any sort of original resolution of the conflict.
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So much for any sort of original resolution of the conflict.
Praying Mantiseseseses. APPRECIATE!
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My favorite praying mantis:
(https://www.oocities.org/goddamn_green_smurfs/quotes/zorak.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/dOt4r.jpg)
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(https://th01.deviantart.net/fs41/300W/f/2009/017/b/a/Scyther_by_GeminiSaint_FM.jpg)
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praying mantises are pretty awesome. I came in contact with one last fall at work. There was one just chilling in the entrance of the grocery store I work at. I scooped it up and released it outside behind the store in the grass where it won't get stepped on or killed by customers. Really cool thing to experience.
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I don't think that you can encounter praying mantises here, but they fascinate me. They're kind of scary, but I actually don't mind it.
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https://youtu.be/YkmEty6SAFQ (https://youtu.be/YkmEty6SAFQ)
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Mantises are awesome. Unfortunately the closest I've ever gotten to a mantis was one climbing on an inaccessible window on the second story of my house.
Hey, how does one differentiate between gendered mantises?
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Not sure, but I know the females are way bigger than the males. Also, a long time ago, in a state far far away, we caught a Mantis and kept it in a terrarium we made for lizard eggs. It was neat to watch, but we had to let it go eventually.
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I like rollie pollie potato bugs and lady bugs. Praying mantises are also pretty cool.
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I like my spiders. They keep all the other bugs other than moths eaten.
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There are many weird insects and arachnids here where I live, but no praying mantises. :sad: