June 09, 2004
mantids eat.
here's one of our beautiful mantids, eating a gnat of some sort. see the video to watch him actually bring it up to his mouth again and again, like a kid eating a hot dog. (the accompanying audio will reveal why they do not ask me to narrate nature shows on television.) it was fantastic! i lay on the concrete outside photographing and videotaping, and our landlord stopped by with a member of his halfball team. it's wonderful to see mantids as the glue that holds a community together.
here's one of our beautiful mantids, eating a gnat of some sort. see the video to watch him actually bring it up to his mouth again and again, like a kid eating a hot dog. (the accompanying audio will reveal why they do not ask me to narrate nature shows on television.) it was fantastic! i lay on the concrete outside photographing and videotaping, and our landlord stopped by with a member of his halfball team. it's wonderful to see mantids as the glue that holds a community together.
we want to give this little guy (and they are getting so much bigger, and more grown-up looking) a soft-serve cone slathered in mosquitos!