vegan alternative for mantises?

[happy1892]

The answer is simple, just feed them vegan flies, vegan crickets, and maybe some non meat eating butterflies for desert! This has got to make the top 10 for one of the most silly topics ever started! WOW... Obviously a troll, do you see any other posts from this person?

Uh oh, Oops!

 

[justrokkit]

The answer is simple, just feed them vegan flies, vegan crickets, and maybe some non meat eating butterflies for desert! This has got to make the top 10 for one of the most silly topics ever started! WOW... Obviously a troll, do you see any other posts from this person?

I certainly hope so!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Democrats.....Geesshh!!!!!!!! :gunsmilie: . Never wanting to take sides. Yes the OP is wrong. Mantids are not vegetarians. They were not made that way.

nononononono not democrat! NO lol

It's called respect for someone's opinion, and i specifically stated which side im on.

And he is not wrong, because its possible, just really unnecessary

 

[Mime454]

Okay guys, who let the republicans on the Internet?

 

[tylersterrain]

Lol, all this talk and no one caught onto the fact that Gelatin isn't vegan or vegetarian. In fact, gelatin is a very common ingredient and is mostly animal skin and bone

I have been a non-meat eater for 3.5 years and don't see a problem with feeding insects to insects. I'm not even extremely moral about my choice to not eat meat. I originally started for morality reasons (and still agree with them), but now that I don't eat meat it is honestly disgusting.

I would love it if the original post caused all this ruckus and accidentally used Gelatin in the recipe. :devil:

Feed it peanut butter.. EVERYTHING seems to love peanut butter. I think beer is technically vegan as well. :-D

Also, most beer is vegan, however, some brands contain something called Isinglass. It's dried swim bladders from fish

 

[sinensispsyched]

What is an insect's exoskeleton made of? Can a synthetic version of this be created? If so, just imagine a hollow cylinder of this material with blended insect juices inside. Would this work out? You're not modifying its diet too much, but for the buyer there's no killing seen.

It'd also be long enough that mantids can grab them in their raptorials and munch away.

This is probably just as crazy, but it's simpler and another alternative.

 

[justrokkit]

What is an insect's exoskeleton made of? Can a synthetic version of this be created? If so, just imagine a hollow cylinder of this material with blended insect juices inside. Would this work out? You're not modifying its diet too much, but for the buyer there's no killing seen.

It'd also be long enough that mantids can grab them in their raptorials and munch away.

This is probably just as crazy, but it's simpler and another alternative.

Minor note, the blended insect juices (if your usage is taken literally), will just nullify the whole effort.

But even with this so-called casing, mantids are predators, not scavengers. There is a distinction, because the predatory behavior requires the stimulus of recognizing prey (i.e. movement, smell, glint of light reflected off of eyes, and so on...sophistication generally grows with cognitive abilities). And it's just as ShieldMantid1997 said:

And he is not wrong, because its possible, just really unnecessary

The barrier to creating a suitable substitute is possible, but developing it will take money and time. Creating synthetic chemicals that have no drawbacks is really, really hard. So hard that even FDA can't require it of billion-dollar pharmaceuticals. But of course, not impossible. Theoretically.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Yeah, just a different idea.

 

[rs4guy]

I just saw this now and am glad I didn't see it before. What a moronic topic to discuss....

 

[angelofdeathzz]

I just saw this now and am glad I didn't see it before. What a moronic topic to discuss....

Agreed, my words put more simply and to the point!

 

[massaman]

might as well take a syringe and inject bug juices into some tofu and try that instead maybe!

 

[patrickfraser]

I'm still waiting on updates and photos. There must be a bridge under attack somewhere, as it seems the troll has left the building. :lol:

 

[brancsikia339]

I'm still waiting on updates and photos. There must be a bridge under attack somewhere, as it seems the troll has left the building. :lol:

Yup. I hope those test mantids were set free!

 

[fleurdejoo]

I don't even think he /she ever had any to begin with.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Yup, a troll. I honestly didn't know what a troll is (beyond mythical creatures). However, after researching it, this certainly is a troll.

 

[mantisboy]

Both those Mantids are now dead....................................................................they got hit by a bus.

 

[Domanating]

Lol i can't believe i read the entire topic. It's hilarious!

If the guy wanted a vegan jelly stuff, why not just add some honey to be more appetizing and then hand feed the mantis instead of covering a micro robot with it? Why does he even want to trigger the hunting behavior of a mantis if he wants to make them eat plants? Even if it was possible to make them live only with the jelly stuff they couldn't be freed since their only "food source" is not available in the wild.

I could debate about turning vegan insects into carnivores since I've witnessed many times grasshoppers killing and eating each others out of desperation because of the lack of their normal food (it wasn't deliberate, i just frequently forget to feed my catches) but the other way around and specifically for the praying-mantis that's just ridiculous.

 

[brancsikia339]

I don't think he went through with this.

 

[patrickfraser]

This is probably posted as a link on some other forum as comic relief. :lol: I'm still waiting for pictures. :huh:

 

[trevorrook1]

maybe you could apply honey to this paste substance? my mantis seems to eat honey off a tooth pick. so if you add a kind of "honey scent" to it it might work hand feeding it. or maybe banana flavored substance enriched with protiens and vitamins???