=.=" Found this on the web ... thats one big Mama mama.....

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Even if that is a child holding it, that is one big bulky mantid! I'd say it is in the 10-12 cm range if that is a kid. Looks to be in Papua New Guinea or somewhere in that area?

 
SilentDeviL said:
Cool Ya I'm From Taiwan but I live In Canada Toronto now
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Nice! If you read Chinese, notice the person made couple of mistakes on post 28 and 29 on the link posted. Calling Arizona unicorn mantis a Texas unicorn mantis on 28 and calling the female orchid mantis a male (stated the size of 3 cm!) on 29. Both also happened to be my pics.
 
How are we old folks supposed to read simplified Chinese, Yen? I see that there are a lot of guesses about the size of the original mantis, but doesn't the poster say 15-20cm? I'm not sure how he came to that figure, though, since he says (I think!) that nothing else is known about the mantis in this pic.

 
yen_saw said:
Nice! If you read Chinese, notice the person made couple of mistakes on post 28 and 29 on the link posted. Calling Arizona unicorn mantis a Texas unicorn mantis on 28 and calling the female orchid mantis a male (stated the size of 3 cm!) on 29. Both also happened to be my pics.
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Ya Yen I can Read Chinese :) Ya the Poster is jokes ... sound like the Mantis is so big they will end the world... lol
 
PhilinYuma said:
How are we old folks supposed to read simplified Chinese, Yen? I see that there are a lot of guesses about the size of the original mantis, but doesn't the poster say 15-20cm? I'm not sure how he came to that figure, though, since he says (I think!) that nothing else is known about the mantis in this pic.
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YES i did say I think... but looking at the Pic .... the Mantis is easy over 15cm... even if is a child holding it , which seem like a man's arm to me not a child...
 
PhilinYuma said:
How are we old folks supposed to read simplified Chinese, Yen? I see that there are a lot of guesses about the size of the original mantis, but doesn't the poster say 15-20cm? I'm not sure how he came to that figure, though, since he says (I think!) that nothing else is known about the mantis in this pic.
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Usually the complaint comes from old chinese folks but i have no doubt you understand both simplified and tranditional Chinese :cowboy:
SilentDeviL said:
YES i did say I think... but looking at the Pic .... the Mantis is easy over 15cm... even if is a child holding it , which seem like a man's arm to me not a child...
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The mantis is placed closer to the camera which make it appear to be larger. It is still a HUGE mantis.
 
Maybe that guy bit them off? You know i heard mantids taste a lot like shrimp? I may have to cook some up one day. I know Peter would try it, :p

 
Supposedly one of the petstores down here has an 8 inch Asian Mantis and the measurements are not including the legs but from the top of the head to tip of the butt. I got into a semi dispute over it with of of the store owners at a reptile convention about a month back. If the store wasn't an hour drive away I would be tempted to go and see this eight inch mantis prove the guy wrong.

 
Krissim Klaw said:
Supposedly one of the petstores down here has an 8 inch Asian Mantis and the measurements are not including the legs but from the top of the head to tip of the butt. I got into a semi dispute over it with of of the store owners at a reptile convention about a month back. If the store wasn't an hour drive away I would be tempted to go and see this eight inch mantis prove the guy wrong.
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Cool if you can find the pIc post it love to 8 inch Mantis,.
 

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