Mega Mantis L1 (Video)

[angelofdeathzz]

Here's a pic of one doing its threat display, pretty cool, imagine that its 8-9 inchs tall !

 

[Precarious]

Hahaha this thread is absolute madness! I'm almost positive they're from western Africa- Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, etc. I heard they were also spotted on Pandora

I bow to guapoalto049's superior knowledge :smarty: on this subject as I have no idea. Not much info out there that I could find.

 

[shorty]

How many centimeters does the female reach in adulthood?

 

[angelofdeathzz]

It is hard to find any info on these, but I think there like 2,000 centimeters. :lol:

 

[LauraMG]

It is hard to find any info on these, but I think there like 2,000 centimeters. :lol:

My cousin's best friend's sister's daughter saw one this one time that was the size of a skyscraper! Hand to gawd!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

yeah, I think she should go on Jerry Springer with that, he's doing a special on "my mega mantis ate my mother-in-law" :tt2:

 

[Seattle79]

You guys think Mega Mantis can eat Mothra? Mega Mantis can take Godzilla down easily but Mothra....... I don't know.....

 

[Precarious]

You guys think Mega Mantis can eat Mothra? Mega Mantis can take Godzilla down easily but Mothra....... I don't know.....

Mothera is mostly wings. Mega Mantis would rip those wings off and be left with a butterfly burrito, which he would proceed to chomp.

 

[Seattle79]

Mothera is mostly wings. Mega Mantis would rip those wings off and be left with a butterfly burrito, which he would proceed to chomp.

What about Mothra in Larval form? Mothra can shoot silk at Mega Mantises arms and will be all tied up. I just don't know if Mega Mantis can survive Larval Mortha.....

 

[guapoalto049]

Mega mantis would be killed by larva mothra, then mechanically reconstructed by a group of aliens living on planet earth (but disguised as humans) to fulfill their plan to destroy all mankind. Mega mantis would now be mecha-mega mantis, complete with laser eyes and explosive discoidal spines.

Gozilla, mothra, and Anguirus would join forces with team Earth and eventually defeat their metallic foe, while the depthless characters in the human subplot learn valuable lessons about mankind in the process of this titanic slugfest.

 

[Precarious]

Mega mantis would be killed by larva mothra, then mechanically reconstructed by a group of aliens living on planet earth (but disguised as humans) to fulfill their plan to destroy all mankind. Mega mantis would now be mecha-mega mantis, complete with laser eyes and explosive discoidal spines.

Gozilla, mothra, and Anguirus would join forces with team Earth and eventually defeat their metallic foe, while the depthless characters in the human subplot learn valuable lessons about mankind in the process of this titanic slugfest.

Thank you! I'll save my breath. Once again I bow to your wisdom, sir.

There is little doubt Mecha-Mega Mantis would be the result of such an encounter.

Mayhap a bit of cursory research is in order before posing such pedantic queries? :detective:

 

[guapoalto049]

Thank you! I'll save my breath. Once again I bow to your wisdom, sir.

There is little doubt Mecha-Mega Mantis would be the result of such an encounter.

Mayhap a bit of cursory research is in order before posing such pedantic queries? :detective:

Haha I concur with the above statement. Readers of mantidforum, I believe our first motion picture is in order. I'll get Jimmy Cameron on the horn...

 

[JoeCapricorn]

How big does this mantis get, seriously? Are they the biggest of mantises?

 

[Seattle79]

How big does this mantis get, seriously? Are they the biggest of mantises?

Mecha-Mega Mantis is the biggest of all Mantises. Mecha-Mega Mantis is 50 metes tall (just over 164 feet). Mecha-Mega Mantis will destroy Mothra's signing twin fairies once and for all! :lol:

 

[Precarious]

How big does this mantis get, seriously? Are they the biggest of mantises?

I read they get around 8" but as I said it's tough to get much info.

I believe there is a species that is longer, though not heavier as it is built more like a phasmid than a mantid.

 

[Seattle79]

Is Mega Mantis a newly discovered species? Can't be that new. Why isn't there more Mega Mantis breeders in the U.S.? or even Europe?

 

[Precarious]

Is Mega Mantis a newly discovered species? Can't be that new. Why isn't there more Mega Mantis breeders in the U.S.? or even Europe?

No idea. They aren't supposed to be a particularly difficult species.

I think the problem is that the ooths are mainly found in crashed meteorites. Most burn up in the upper atmosphere. No one knows why but when they reach adulthood they fly into space and mate on the dark side of the moon. That may be where the Mecha-Mega aliens have their base and whatnot.

Plus NASA tracks the trajectory of the ooths and retrieves them. So the government is likely using them for some special weapons project or maybe studying them to find a weakness in case the Mecha-Mega aliens try to use them to take over. Only the stragglers make it into the hobby.

They have been around for a while because HR Giger said they were the inspiration for the biomechanical alien design used in the movie Alien.

I'm thinking they need zero gravity or very low gravity to mate. That and a very cold, dark vacuum. I'm building a vacuum chamber in the basement incorporating an anti-gravity project I've been messing with using super-cooled magnetically coupled superconductors. Since the superconductive materials I'm using require very low temperatures anyway (the closer to absolute zero the better) it works out pretty well. I'm just trying to work out the math. Super-String theory is a bee-yatch! nline2long:

 

[Seattle79]

Hey Precarious, let me know if you need funding for your anti-gravity project. We need to start breeding these Megas down here on Earth. We need a Mecha-Mega Mantis army to help defend the Earth from the Mecha-Mega Aliens and Space Godzilla.

 

[Precarious]

Hey Precarious, let me know if you need funding for your anti-gravity project. We need to start breeding these Megas down here on Earth. We need a Mecha-Mega Mantis army to help defend the Earth from the Mecha-Mega Aliens and Space Godzilla.

Now accepting donations of gold bars and other precious metal bullion.

Ch'Ching!

 

[guapoalto049]

Mecha-Mega Mantis is the biggest of all Mantises. Mecha-Mega Mantis is 50 metes tall (just over 164 feet). Mecha-Mega Mantis will destroy Mothra's signing twin fairies once and for all! :lol:

Hahaha end their stupid mothra chants once and for all!! :hammer: