Mantis 1 : Humming Bird 0

After seeing a web page that my buddy Dave sent my way, bird watchers should now be considered hip and with it. Why? Check out this link to Bird Watcher's Digest. Credits should be given to Richard L. Walkup and his son from West Chester, PA who took the following picture. And to Bird Watcher's Digest for publishing it.


And if you think that after stabbing the humming bird, the mantis would not be able to pull it up to eat it, you're probably right. He still eats his prey by using his free "hand" to scoop out the creamy nougat on the inside. I guess a praying mantis was never taught not to eat with its hands.

Nature is cool. Remarkably, this mantis didn't have to attend sensitivity training for this obvious hate crime.