Praying Mantis vs. Mouse

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Praying Mantis vs. Mouse

Post by Carl_Constantine »

Who wins? I think you'll be surprised

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/646 ... Mouse.html

Or maybe not, depending on how much you know. But it surprised the heck out of me I tell you.
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Post by rjlittlefield »

It's a good video -- a carefully planned and well executed studio session, I think.

About a year ago, a post by mowse brought to our attention this related link, about an in-the-wild incident:

http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/ ... ireJul2005

--Rik

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Post by Mike B in OKlahoma »

Nathan Bedford Forrest said it well:

[my military strategy is] "get there first with the most men."

Mice aren't ambush predators (to my knowledge), but if this one had somehow acted in that role versus the mantis, he'd be having mantis stew! There are movies of a Hawaiian caterpillar (evolved into the role) eating spiders and ants!
Mike Broderick
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