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

[SilentDeviL]

that s. bicornis. picture was taken by yen.

Really ??? Wow Yen is Famous around the world ... I think that site just gather Pic around the world that shows any Mantis over 10cm -15cm . http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1279383783

 

[gripen]

yeah he is known every where

 

[yen_saw]

...... I think that site just gather Pic around the world that shows any Mantis over 10cm -15cm . http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1279383783

6 of the first 7 mantis pics are mine, and i don't know the person who started that thread..... :no:

 

[SilentDeviL]

6 of the first 7 mantis pics are mine, and i don't know the person who started that thread..... :no:

lol I see copy right issue =.=" by the way Yen are you Taiwanese ??

 

[yen_saw]

lol I see copy right issue =.=" by the way Yen are you Taiwanese ??

I'm originally from Malaysia, of Chinese descent. You from Taiwan? I can speak fluent native Taiwanese Hokkien.

 

[SilentDeviL]

I'm originally from Malaysia, of Chinese descent. You from Taiwan? I can speak fluent native Taiwanese Hokkien.

Cool Ya I'm From Taiwan but I live In Canada Toronto now

 

[guapoalto049]

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?

 

[yen_saw]

Cool Ya I'm From Taiwan but I live In Canada Toronto now

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.

 

[PhilinYuma]

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.

 

[SilentDeviL]

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.

Ya Yen I can Read Chinese Ya the Poster is jokes ... sound like the Mantis is so big they will end the world... lol

 

[SilentDeviL]

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.

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...

 

[yen_saw]

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.

Usually the complaint comes from old chinese folks but i have no doubt you understand both simplified and tranditional Chinese :cowboy:

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...

The mantis is placed closer to the camera which make it appear to be larger. It is still a HUGE mantis.

 

[guapoalto049]

Anyone else think the mantid is missing its forearms? Looks like it has coxae though.

 

[ismart]

Anyone else think the mantid is missing its forearms? Looks like it has coxae though.

Missing forearms, missing nipple, Yup! Got to be fake. :lol:

 

[ismart]

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,

 

[CoolMantid]

I always thought a the mantises would rise against us and end the world as we know it!

 

[guapoalto049]

Missing forearms, missing nipple, Yup! Got to be fake. :lol:

Holy , no nips! How the heck did I miss that?!

 

[SilentDeviL]

Holy , no nips! How the heck did I miss that?!

I think is just the angle the Pic was taken...... lol

 

[Krissim Klaw]

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.

 

[SilentDeviL]

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.

Cool if you can find the pIc post it love to 8 inch Mantis,.