Unicorn Mantis Adults (Video) Plus Headless Male!

[Precarious]

Adult Female

Does her little dance. She may look innocent but she already ate one of her mates.

 

[Precarious]

Headless Male!

This male got chomped by the female. She ate his head and both raptor claws, and on the day before Valentine's Day! As you can see his body is still very much alive and four days later it's still going strong. The body walks, searches for footholds and balances itself even without a head. This goes a long way in validating the idea that movement is learned by limbs rather than centrally in the brain. The brain may still be the center of consciousness that directs limbs to act on command, but memory of the intricacies of motion may belong to the limbs alone.

Do you type or perform other complex tasks without conscious thought? That may be because your hands have learned how to reach for each key and merely act on your brain's desire to strike that key, without the need to look at it or tell the hand how to make it happen.

Music by Precarious :walkman:

 

[packer43064]

Umm I may have nightmares because of the second video. That's like total alien music...wow though!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

The headless unicorn is amazing, it moves very normal and has good balance, freak'n amazing!!!!

 

[animalexplorer]

Wow! That is incredible! The female must have the power to possess the victims body once the head is removed. I'm thinking Queen's soundtrack to the movie Highlander 'Don't Loose Your Head'. "It is the quickening! Don't lose your head!" Anyway really cool and eerie video.

 

[Precarious]

I've gotta tell ya, if someone told me about this I would think they were exaggerating. Yet here it is. Just had to document it. Sad but extremely interesting.

Do a search for "Mike the Headless Chicken" to read about a chicken that survived for 18 months without a head.

Life Magazine did a spread on him:

http://www.life.com/image/50866530/in-gallery/26932#index/0

 

[warpdrive]

great videos as always bro.

Harry

 

[Slinkytreekreeper]

Woah due, that's amazingly gross and interesting. I'm guessing he will just keel over when he is starved but that is quite something. I presumed a couple hours would be the limit. Thanks for posting

 

[Mex_Ghost]

very very interesting videos, thanks for sharing!!!!!

saludos

 

[more_rayne]

Wow, it can walk with no head, too awesome.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

I did read somewhere that they have a simple brain like organ in there abdomen that carries out simple motor skills in the event the Queen says"OFF WITH HIS HEAD" and this is proof that it's a reality.

let us know how long he ghost walks. maybe this where the Idea of Zombies comes from? :lol:

 

[Precarious]

let us know how long he ghost walks. maybe this where the Idea of Zombies comes from? :lol:

He's slowed down a little today, but still just as functional as in the video.

I think KitKat39 had a video of something similar, but I can't remember.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Wait a minute did you photoshop his head off??? you had me going for a whlie there... :tt2: :lol: (kidding-joke)

 

[cuervo]

Wow that is the craziest thing i ever seen, now i'am really going to be afraid of the dark

 

[Katnapper]

Nice videos. It's not the headless male that scares me... it's the hair on the backs of your fingers.

 

[Precarious]

Nice videos. It's not the headless male that scares me... it's the hair on the backs of your fingers.

Us apes are all hairy. At least I pick the fleas off first. :no:

 

[Katnapper]

I'd overcome my finger hair fears, and even dodge fleas to see this beautiful species! They're definitely one of my very favorites. You've got some nice specimens there.

 

[cuervo]

Nice videos. It's not the headless male that scares me... it's the hair on the backs of your fingers.

 

[LauraMG]

She's a brutal cold blooded killer with gorgeous wings and eyes!