Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Killer in Your Backyard



As a kid I had this fascination with praying mantises. They were my favorite insect and I was always impressed by how "tough" they are, but I think I underestimated them. They're ferocious! I found this account when I was looking up information on hummingbirds yesterday. Looks like this little hummingbird underestimated the threat too and he ended up lunch. Poor guy.

4 comments:

jenaprn08 said...

gruesome

Chelsea said...

Holy cow, that is amazing! I've seen mantises eating other insects but I had no idea they could eat birds too.

Abby said...

That's terrible!

Kristen said...

Woah. That's gross. Do you need help in nursery this Sunday?