Discovery Channel Mantis program ?

[cloud jaguar]

My mom just returned from India and mentioned she saw a Discovery Channel show about praying mantids - Anyone know what show this is called so that I can order it for my kids ?

~Arkanis

 

[Rick]

I have one called Alien Insect or something like that. It may have been on Discovery.

 

[kamakiri]

This one? Not copies for sale but still being aired:

Alien Insect on Wiki

Discovery HD

Science Channel

And thanks again for the S. limbata nymphs! All getting fat on pinheads

 

[Frack]

Cool link kamakiri, lots of documentaries I havent seen before, thx! Theres another mantis documentary called enter the mantis with david attenburough thats probly pretty good as well, I have the life in the undergrowth documentaries with him in it and there all good. Also the Insectia series is one I really like though its not mantis specific.

 

[PhilinYuma]

According to the Animal Planet site at: http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/....8538.22970.0.0

the show Praying Mantis: Alien Insect should air at 0600 (time zone?) on December, 29th. I checked on the scrolling TV program schedule for ANIPW, and couldn't find it, but there were a few TBA's that far ahead.

 

[cloud jaguar]

Hey, thanks everyone! I am sure that is it - sounds like what she described, anyways I will check my local cable provider to see if it is in the lineup soon.

Kamakiri, glad to hear the mantids are doing well - ours are fattening up nicely too!

~Arkanis

 

[nasty bugger]

You may want to go to your local library to see if they have any documentaries on insects, and mantis'.

Some libraries will have the inventory listed on their site on the internet, at least they do in Phoenix.

You can see if it's available, if they have that function on their site, then just go get it.

Local school or college libraries may have other info available to the public also.

Maybe when I get my mantis manure/fertilizer business going I will film a documentary to stimulate the public into stainable polyculture's, "mantis rancher in Arizona" kinda has a ring to it eh?

Talking about manure...

My aunt was the head of the archives at the capitol building, so I used to be able to get whatever info I wanted, when she was still alive. Don't have that connection anymore. Now I gotta search

 

[dafke14]

Here is a torrent link for the program if you dont want to wait

http://isohunt.com/download/21048936/alien...+mantis.torrent

Regards Dave

 

[cloud jaguar]

Mantis manure? Wow, that must take a lot of feeder insects! :0

 

[shorty]

Here is a torrent link for the program if you dont want to waithttp://isohunt.com/download/21048936/alien...+mantis.torrent

Regards Dave

Thank you for the links dafke and kamakiri. It has been a long time since I've seen anything on television about mantids, and why pay for it when you can get it for free, right?

 

[nasty bugger]

The way I've always learned the most about something, especially in business, is to go out of state, to someone very knowledgable that won't feel you're a threat to their local business, and hang out and watch and learn from them.

Best experience for learning tricks someone won't publish or are currently experimenting with, at least by my experience.

If you go hang out with the great breeders you also get to see what their climate is like, and how they deal with their particular weather, humidity, diseases inflicted due to their climate and such.

We don't have much humidity in AZ, and most other places in the US do, so how you handle a situation may not be proper for here.

These programs on discovery and pbs and stuff are awfully entertaining though

When I was into fish, african ciclids, I would visit one of the best breeders in the country, and he'd tell me stuff that I'd not heard before.

Simple things like if a fish, maybe most 'animals' have something to take possession of, they get a reason to be aggresive, so don't give them anything to fight over. Don't know if this applies to mantis' psychology though.

Also, he said the more fish you put in a tank, the less aggressive they get, and start to adapt and get along with each other, so he said. I don't think mantis' are the same, but time will show me it it's so or not. I would imagine that this could be species specific.

 

[Anleoflippy]

The only program I know about Praying Mantids on Discovery Channel is Alien Insectraying Mantis...

There are many programs about mantids on Animal planet, there is 1 in youtube and on animal planet...

1.Natures profile...

2.Predators prey (Episode is called 'Con-Artist' )

 

[kamakiri]

:huh: Urf...forgot to mention it was on again 8A EST/5A PST this morning on 'HD Theater' for those who get it Sorry.

...still have it on the DVR though.

 

[cloud jaguar]

Thanks everyone with helping track down the name and showtimes of this program. Recommended highly for the mantid enthusiast. We saw it and definitely thought it was pretty good. I really would have enjoyed learning more about the mantis in mythology, but it did have program sections on camoflage, predation, etc. , not to mention absolutely awesome images of some really cool chirpy specimins such as gongy, sprodomantis lineola, various flower mantids, etc. Also shows the now infamous footage of mantis eating hummingbird, snake and mouse - not to mention being eaten by hedgehog, lizard, chicken, roster, etc. Check it out!

~Arkanis

 

[revmdn]

I'm going to check for it on On Demand. B)