Mantis and fish

[Rick]

Had a fish that was dying in the tank so I thought I would see if the lineola would eat it. Yep, nothing she won't eat.

 

[rlechols]

Wow! Nice pictures. It looks like you are getting creative when it comes to feeding her--spiders and fish!? Maybe I'll have to branch out.

 

[Rick]

Nah. Just a one time thing. I always feed spiders and things I find in the garage or outside but never tried a fish. It's a four dollar fish so I didn't want it to go to waste down the toilet.

 

[FieroRumor]

Looks like your little guy is enjoyin' that nice treat!

 

[Ian]

Might want to be careful...the fact that the fish was dying...disease spread maybe.

 

[julian camilo]

it might not have died of disease, and even if it did i dont think the particular disease would transfer and aversely affect the mantis.

 

[Rick]

Might want to be careful...the fact that the fish was dying...disease spread maybe.

Not worried about it as it is unlikely.

 

[Ian]

I see.

 

[AFK]

Nah. Just a one time thing. I always feed spiders and things I find in the garage or outside but never tried a fish. It's a four dollar fish so I didn't want it to go to waste down the toilet.

lol. that is pretty crazy. a mantis eating a fish lol.

awesomely strange pic. love it!

 

[OGIGA]

My stagmomantis californica and a goldfish from PetCo

 

[Asa]

That settles it, I'm getting a goldfish from Pet.co, right now! :mrgreen:

 

[Rick]

That settles it, I'm getting a goldfish from Pet.co, right now! :mrgreen:

Why? I only tried that becuase the fish was dying and alrady floating upside down.

 

[Orin]

Feeder goldfish cost around the same as feeder crickets at pet stores in many areas and you get far more meat with even a tiny goldfish.

 

[Asa]

That settles it, I'm getting a goldfish from Pet.co, right now! :mrgreen:

Why? I only tried that becuase the fish was dying and alrady floating upside down.

Because there's been a couple posts about this, and it looks so cool. Also Orin is right.

 

[yen_saw]

That settles it, I'm getting a goldfish from Pet.co, right now! :mrgreen:

Why? I only tried that becuase the fish was dying and alrady floating upside down.

Rick, you never know what had infected the fish. Just the thought of watching the clip where some worms emerging from the wild mantis abdomen freak me out! It is amusing to watch a mantis eating fish though.

 

[OGIGA]

Well, I was going to post this video in my thread, but it got locked for some reason. Moderators? Anyway, it's going to be here, at least for now.

The original encoded with XviD

By the way, how do I embed the YouTube code into this forum?

 

[robo mantis]

I commented it

 

[OGIGA]

You're amazing...

 

[robo mantis]

somtimes :lol: