Albemarle County Praying Mantis Eats Lizards and Will Soon Conquer the World

This praying mantis picture is amazing. I know lizards are a fine delicacy in the praying mantis world and we are proud of our local hunters.

Best comment gets a foot massage and free lovin’ from Scowly.

[via jcunwired’s flickr]

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61 Responses to “Albemarle County Praying Mantis Eats Lizards and Will Soon Conquer the World”

  1. 28 May 2008 at 6:39 pmwyth said:

    Know what my beagle does?

    Eat praying mantises.

    She’s no fan of snakes, either. She’s keeping the base of Monticello pest-free in a very circumscribed area… but this may lead to rampant lizard growth, which will require some other predator like Tasmanian Devils, which also have no natural predators, so we’ll have to import gorillas… all because of my beagle.

  2. 28 May 2008 at 6:43 pmwyth said:

    *that should be rampant lizard population growth — didn’t meant to imply giant lizards, which would be far worse*

  3. 28 May 2008 at 6:49 pmFloozy said:

    Okay…. how about “Haidee Cline of cvilleSTYLE proudly shows us her latest purchase- a lizard skin Gucci purse, available exclusively from Scarpa Barracks Rd North”.

    Serious Warning… these beautiful creatures pack a really really nasty bite. They actually remove a mouth sized piece of flesh so do not be tempted to pick them up with bare hands. I have seen grown men cry…. but that might be just down to bad technique.

  4. 28 May 2008 at 7:08 pmdieter said:

    “Hey newbie welcome to Cvillain!”

    Charlottesville newest Chef prepares lizard sashimi for new “local only produce” foodie group at the Mas patio.

  5. 28 May 2008 at 7:15 pmFloozy said:

    LOL Dieter… how about “Lenny Lizard began to regret playing dead, when he heard the unmistakable sound of his own ass go crunch”

  6. 28 May 2008 at 7:22 pmdieter said:

    Lenny lizard became alarmed when he suddenly became a foot shorter

  7. 28 May 2008 at 7:30 pmFloozy said:

    In desperation to save his marriage, Max the Mantis tried out his new oral sex technique on his frigid lizard of a wife, but alas he could not rekindle the passion they once had… her blank stare said it all… the love had gone.

  8. 28 May 2008 at 7:32 pmFloozy said:

    @6…. he could always grow back.

  9. 28 May 2008 at 7:34 pmdieter said:

    Linda Lizard realized she had made a terrible mistake when she answered Max’s craigslist ad about wanting to “Get some tail tonight”

  10. 28 May 2008 at 7:40 pmFloozy said:

    LMAO… or should that be Chewing MAO

    As Max the Mantis went for a high A on his novelty Lizard-Flute, he suddenly realized that the D# key he had been pressing was anything but….
    /sorry flautist joke

  11. 28 May 2008 at 7:55 pmOdie said:

    @9 i am LMAO as well

  12. 28 May 2008 at 8:03 pmFloozy said:

    @11 I know Odie… who would have thought it… a funny Kraut. Awesome.

  13. 28 May 2008 at 8:22 pmOdie said:

    Floozy, you play the flute? If so, this could be a potential gold mine for many penis jokes in the future.

  14. 28 May 2008 at 8:33 pmFloozy said:

    I admit I have been known to bang out a few tunes on the old purple piccolo

  15. 28 May 2008 at 8:49 pmOdie said:

    Flooz, have you been blowing the woodwinds on a regular basis?

  16. 28 May 2008 at 8:50 pmOdie said:

    like, are you at least getting money for the blows?

  17. 28 May 2008 at 8:57 pmFloozy said:

    Odie, I can never puff enough, especially when finger work is so crucial. Practice makes perfect and I persevere until I get the perfect combination of blowing and fingering working together.
    /free musical porn for Odie…. I am imagining he is an old veteran in a wheelchair with very little joy in life.

  18. 28 May 2008 at 8:59 pmPurple Piccolo said:

    Heeeelllooo Floozeeeeeeeee.

  19. 28 May 2008 at 9:04 pmOdie said:

    Wow Flooz. I haven’t felt this naughty since the time I slept with that Vietcong girl while serving in ‘Nam.

  20. 28 May 2008 at 9:07 pmcaroline said:

    I hate comment awaiting moderation….
    it’s coming floozy…

  21. 28 May 2008 at 9:08 pmOdie said:

    sorry about that, girls. my purple piccolo has a way of making his presence known when Flooz is talking dirty.

  22. 28 May 2008 at 9:22 pmVietcong girl said:

    I was wondering where you been..

  23. 28 May 2008 at 9:25 pmFloozy said:

    @19 LOL and ewwwwwwww at the same time…

  24. 28 May 2008 at 9:26 pmFloozy said:

    Good Lord Caroline…. this had better be worth it baby… What did you put in it that it had to be moderated?

  25. 28 May 2008 at 9:32 pmOdie said:

    @22 Ummmmm, God this is awkward. So, just so you know, that Vietnamese-American bastard child of yours is SO not mine.

  26. 28 May 2008 at 9:33 pmFloozy said:

    Did she love you long time Odie?

  27. 28 May 2008 at 9:36 pmThor said:

    Please move it to the free for all!

  28. 28 May 2008 at 9:37 pmVietcong girl said:

    it wasn’t that long flooz, and you still owe me a bottle of penicillin big O.

  29. 28 May 2008 at 9:49 pmOdie said:

    I’ll move to the other thread, but I refuse to pay for Vietcong girl (and not my kid)’s travel expenses

  30. 28 May 2008 at 9:51 pmFloozy said:

    LMAO…Odie, you are like the slightly belligerent drunk who refuses to leave the bar at 2.30am without arguing.
    /Do not go gentle into that good night

  31. 28 May 2008 at 10:57 pmecho said:

    Are you allowed to refuse to leave the bar? What about when the bartendress throws your card at you and says “get the fuck out of my bar”

  32. 29 May 2008 at 1:18 amherbie said:

    “after reading the latest edition of Cosmo, Ms. Mantis (full identity withheld to protect the victim/witless attacker), was unsatisfied with her attempt to “spice up her love life” by attempting *ahem* the sexual position commonly referred to as: “69″.”

  33. 29 May 2008 at 1:20 amherbie said:

    well, i tried the italic thing, but it should have only had “Cosmo” slanty like. just tilt your head to the right when reading the rest.

  34. 29 May 2008 at 8:02 amThor said:

    @wyth.. your beagle sounds awesome. Tell her thank you for keeping me free of bugs.

  35. 29 May 2008 at 8:39 amjcunwired said:

    Wow! I’m famous! Well, sorta.

    I think I am the only person in the world to experience the birth of a new species of being. Just after this skink and mantis mated, true to form the mantis ate her mate. Now we await the birth of their offspring, a Man-Lizard (not to be confused with Rush Limbaugh).

    Stay tuned.

  36. 29 May 2008 at 9:38 ambelmont yo said:

    “I am the lizard king, I can do anythi… oh hell.”

  37. 29 May 2008 at 9:45 amshenanigans said:

    That pic makes me sad. Poor lizard!

  38. 29 May 2008 at 9:46 amecho said:

    Have you seen the video of the mantis catching/eating a humming bird?

  39. 29 May 2008 at 9:46 pmBuckingham Chickie said:

    This picture actually makes me rather sick on my stomach…especially considering I looked at it for a couple seconds before realizing what I was seeing so the image is now burned into my mind. Thanks for that.

  40. 29 May 2008 at 10:25 pmFloozy said:

    @39.. yeah…. I saw some Swedish porn years ago that did that to me too.. you never get over it.

  41. 29 May 2008 at 10:28 pmbelmont yo said:

    Swedish porn

    Tender heart! We all know its the fucking german shit you have to look out for…

    //what did Seka every do to you?

  42. 29 May 2008 at 10:35 pmFloozy said:

    What it is with those freaky Germans (Dieter Come Out Come Out Wherever you are) and all that anal stuff. I mean good Lord why the back door so much?

  43. 29 May 2008 at 10:42 pmbelmont yo said:

    German porn freaks me right the fuck out, and I have, shall we say, a tolerance for such things.

  44. 29 May 2008 at 10:46 pmdieter said:

    @42 sorry after the merman tattoo I’m on probation here. The Spicy Bear, not so spicy about the bare.

  45. 29 May 2008 at 10:51 pmFloozy said:

    Ohhhhhh Diets… you are in Ze Time Out for publishing a dick-link…. Thor is big on stuff like that…. I recommend just crap like pussies cradling bottles of Bud Lite and other such innocuous bilge.

  46. 29 May 2008 at 10:57 pmdieter said:

    @45 and I thought the “NSFW” tag would give me so cover- not so much

  47. 29 May 2008 at 10:59 pmFloozy said:

    Did you get incoming flack like email warning?

  48. 29 May 2008 at 10:59 pmbelmont yo said:

    I think cvillain would benefit from more dick links. Other genitals as well. Perhaps we could have a “cvillain after dark” tab or something. I mean otters are fine and all, but please. There is so much delightful and twisted sexuality extant on the tubes. And its fun!

    /wanna touch my blog?

  49. 29 May 2008 at 11:01 pmFloozy said:

    Kiss my Twitter

  50. 29 May 2008 at 11:54 pmparlie said:

    in soviet twitter, russia kisses you.

    i think i made a mistake.

  51. 30 May 2008 at 12:22 amStanley said:

    parlie you’re far better than that.

  52. 30 May 2008 at 7:45 amparlie said:

    we both know that’s not true.

  53. 30 May 2008 at 7:50 amcaroline said:

    you two make such a cute couple

  54. 30 May 2008 at 8:12 amLu Sid said:

    @48-Do I have the post for you…

  55. 30 May 2008 at 10:17 amshenanigans said:

    I once saw this german porn on tv in france and there were these vampires doing each other with crucifix dildos and drinking blood from breats and crap and then shots of a decapitated pig’s head talking. And that was the suitable for TV stuff. Ugh.

  56. 30 May 2008 at 10:24 amoy said:

    the Axis powers make the best pr0n (and cars)

  57. 30 May 2008 at 10:43 amcocoNUT said:

    hahaha OMFGIF, omfg its friday

  58. 30 May 2008 at 10:45 amdieter said:

    @55 what are breats?

    @56 Italian pr0n is better than American? Tell us more

  59. 30 May 2008 at 10:51 amshenanigans said:

    breasts

  60. 30 May 2008 at 11:09 amLu Sid said:

    @27 K, Dad.

  61. 30 May 2008 at 11:12 amoy said:

    mainly German and Japanese pr0n excels, Italian not so much. However, the Italians more than make up for it with their cars…

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