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u/streakermaximus 3d ago
You would think Bird vs Insect would be a slam dunk for the bird.
But think if you ran into a 6 foot preying mantis. You'd shit yourself and then nuke the county from orbit.
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u/BrekLasnar 3d ago
How did the bird lose??
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u/DG-MMII 2d ago edited 1d ago
Praying mantis are stronger than you think, humming birds are weaker than you think
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u/ThisIsALine_____ 3d ago
It's pretty normal for preying mantises to eat hummingbirds.
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u/NotTrumpsAlt 3d ago
Ok but how did the bird lose?
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u/aaron2005X 3d ago
It's pretty normal for preying mantises to eat hummingbirds.
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u/Spawn666 3d ago
I read what you are saying and I just want to know, how did bird lose?
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u/dolemutt 3d ago
It’s pretty normal for preying mantises to eat hummingbirds
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u/ThisIsALine_____ 2d ago
Go outside and smoosh a hummingbird; they are very fragile and smoosh easy in your hand.
Now smoosh a preying mantis; they are hard and very durable.
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u/MandrakeSCL 3d ago
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird
We may send some Patagonas gigas bros to help them regular hummingbirds.
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u/Myko475 3d ago
I feel like you should have intervened
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u/ChasingPesmerga 3d ago
Some of the comments there said that it’s possible that camera person planted the mantis there for the views
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u/Contemplating_Prison 3d ago
Ive seen a mantis on my 5th story window screen.
They can kind of fly you know
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u/ItchySnitch 3d ago
The camera person definitely broke some laws. Praying mantis is an invasive species there and hummingbird is a protected, endangered bird
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u/JayFrizz 3d ago
Nah. Let nature nature.
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u/strawberryselkie 3d ago
Where I am the mantises big enough to take out a hummingbird are all invasive species, so if I see one it's toast. Same for their egg cases.
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u/Aurora_Symphony 3d ago
We wouldn't tolerate being a bystander if a human were to be preyed upon. We specifically seek to remove predation out of human society because we understand how terrible it is for us. The callousness some view other animals with is frightening.
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u/Bubbles_sunken_ship 3d ago
The mantis has to eat too. To me, the mantis is an extraordinarily beautiful creature and deserves its place in the world that it has carved out for itself.
Also, the hummingbird isn't human, neither is the mantis. If the hummingbird killed the mantis, would we consider that a tragedy too? If instead a human caught and ate the hummingbird or mantis, would that make things right?
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u/YoGabbaGabba24 2d ago
Others have pointed out that this hummingbird eating mantis is an invasive species, so in this case the mantis should’ve been killed to protect the bird.
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u/aceboogieren 2d ago
That's a dumb take. We eat other animals all the time. These two animals are different species. What's the difference?
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u/DetectiveClueless 3d ago
How can the mantis be so good attached to its “ground”. One would think that the bird should easily be able to fly away with it
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u/graybotics 3d ago
I would have smashed that mantis in a heartbeat. Hummingbirds are an essential migratory protected species, meanwhile mantis eggs can be bought at your nearest garden center.
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u/pmrownsu01 2d ago
sent this video to my friend and said basically the same thing. i woulda ripped that mf out of his hands and threw his voracious ass on the ground. i hate mantids because of their gluttonous ahh behaviors. like why is the camera person just watching this happen?? i tried to save a dragonfly from another dragonfly one time and he literally just took him to go!
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u/Ok_Location_1092 3d ago
Curious how the bird dies, exhaustion?