Mantis Vs. Octopus

Hah! Cute! Gotta love the editing.

 

i found this interesting as well. notice the mantis attack the head first before going intowards the beak. definatley a smart hunter.

 

Scientists in Australia have been studying this for some time now. They are hoping they can make an anti-toxin for blue ring bites. Peacock mantis are the only known animal that can handle the venom.

EDIT: BTW, Roy Caldwell who took that video is one of the foremost experts on stomatopods and cephalopods.

 

so beast- im afraid a peacock mantis my shatter my glass picotope

 

respect the vid but.... could they be any more monotone?

 

can roy say UMMM anymore times gezeeee

 

this was almost as stupid as the monterey aquarium putting prized animals with their alive and well great white shark. im just glad someone didnt try to hand feed one of these 'ADOPTED' pets

 

LOL....don't hate

Roy is scientist who can live underwater for weeks at a time in the Aquarius (I would go insane...way smaller than a submarine) and is willing to design experiments and perform observations. He's also willing to deal with hobbyists. OK, public speaking is not his thing. However, that's not exactly different for many scientists. The knowledge of hobbyist mantis keepers came from him. (Can you tell I have a lot of respect for him?) LOL

 

It sounds to me that you didn't read the posts following the video. Yes, at first I thought it was just a random guy with a mantis seeing what happens if he puts the most venomous octos on the planet in with his mantis, but it's not. There's actually a point to it, and if they find something through this study, there's potential for tons of lives to be saved. As inwall and others have said, the blue ringed octo has no antivenom or "cure" to it's venom. If it gets you, you're dead within minutes no matter what. This study could solve that problem.

Mantis will normally attempt to take the claws off of larger crabs followed by removing the legs to prevent the crab from fighting back or escaping. They're freakishly smart.

 

im not hating..... genius people... wish I was as knowledgable as them in this "hobby"