This Is What Happens When a Mantis Is Placed in a Carnivorous Plant

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[@lesscotford1419]

So wtf happens when a mantis falls in?

[@Vytas.]

Exactly! Such a cheap click bait! I am looking at all those comments that praise the video creator and am stunned how people do not get it that they have been just tricked and fooled. The topic is not covered, it goes off the rails very quickly and never gets to the point. Shame on WATOP for praying on naive viewers.

[@isaiascruz4917]

Agreed! So, watop Stick to your subject title! Den you can get side tracked

[@glass_block]

(it dies, Lol) Omg, I can't believe they are click baiting!!!1!!

[@Jet-gateway1122]

They did show what happens, that hairworm thinks it’s in the lake and it climbs out of the mantises but hole and ends up as food for the pitcher plant

[@Vytas.]

@@Jet-gateway1122 No. That is in the case of infection. Not all are infected. And that is what happens to the worm. And there was no climbing out explanation, only an ambiguous picture.

[@Brutalyte616]

So, funny story. Ants are not usually prolific swimmers. In fact, a lot of ants die if they can't float back to solid ground. But various ant species have developed tricks to survive watery environments, such as building living bridges or rafts and rotating out so that the ant can take a break from drowning. Another trick they use is essentially walking underwater. Ants are able to cling to surfaces underwater, and are fully capable of simply walking down below the water's surface as if it was open air. Some ants go one step further, having small clusters of hair around their bodies that trap small bubbles of air as they go below the surface, giving the ants both a temporary air supply and a diving suit that makes it easier for them to maneuver underwater. This is also how ants typically survive their colonies getting flooded; they create a mass of living bodies that form air pockets, protecting eggs and larvae in flooded chambers until they can be moved.

[@dickdastardly5534]

You know your insects by the information you’ve written 👍🏻

[@eddymontero6658]

@@dickdastardly5534 he definitely does.

[@Linogewillkillallofy]

old news

[@eddymontero6658]

@@Linogewillkillallofy not to me but I understand to some people it is old news. Diving bell spider are also good swimmers going further than that they're good water breathers. They make their own air bubble which they not only use to eat but also breathe. It's the only known spider that can pretty much stay submerged and not come to the surface for air until those twenty-four hours have passed.

[@janedoex1398]

Cool ! I knew how they made live bridges or used leaves , but walking under water is another level of awesome

[@toomring]

the venus fly trap knows more math then me

[@castleanthrax1833]

No doubt.

[@shawndubbz]

Probably, if you’re gonna publicly admit that…

[@Fledhyris]

Came for the mantis vs pitcher plant epic battle, was briefly repulsed by the worms, stayed for all the fascinating info about ants and other creatures actually cooperating with the plants. Great video!

[@Poepwoes]

missed the Mantis part; my bad

[@Zyzyx442]

shrew natural toilet plant

[@ANTSPlantation]

As an owner of carnivorous plants, I think there are a few misconceptions. In some species of nepenthes, the pitcher fluids are not 100% water but much more viscous. But this video is much more accurate than most other videos on KZbin that straight up lies.

[@Garbeaux.]

Omg. You’re big into carnivorous plants? I’m extremely jealous. I’ve killed two flytraps and one pitcher plant. Any tips or good ideas for information regarding carnivorous plants?

[@hellbender2392]

@@Garbeaux. dont water em and dont fertilize or give em nutrients. they get em from their food

[@ANTSPlantation]

@@Garbeaux. General pointers are: - don't fertilize (with exceptions but that's the more advanced stuff) - never let the pot try out, water frequently (applies to most sundews, all nepenthes, all sarracenia, most pinguicula, most utricularia, all heliamphora, all cephalotus, and all flytraps) - water must be low in minerals (0-100 ppm) - lots of light (10-12 hours artificial light or 4 -6 hours of indirect sunlight unless it's the morning or evening) - don't use soil with fertilizers, sphagnum peat moss works for most.

[@cocainemakesmesick8909]

🤣🤣🤣

[@billbrown994]

Plants don't eat! They always say eat!

[@tommysmith4894]

The Mantis was just KONG FU fighting

[@janedoex1398]

If you add a " The " at the beginning, you can sing it in the perfect rythm.

[@thesun1677]

THEY SAY HE WAS fast as lightning oooh ohh

[@tommysmith4894]

@@janedoex1398 I got u

[@dedheddred1773]

Digesting fast as lightning!

[@santinodellacroce2079]

KONG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i almsot pooped lol

[@guitanovice10]

I feel like a kid again and I just listened to a story from my grandpa with late stage dementia. "Gather round boys and ill tell you a story about mantises and carnivorous plants. It all began in 1912 when the Eskimos crashed at Roswell. I believe the president at the time was a lady by the name of Richard Babcock. The United States was called something different because Sam Franklin hadn't landed on Pluto yet. Anyhow, that there is how mantises interact with carnivorous plants."

[@ryanmcclosky3312]

Sounds legit

[@ulisese6274]

Right... FAKE NEWS

[@pcqa09]

I love the part that you show us what happened when you put a mantis is a carnivorous plant

[@leecowell8165]

Yeah I loved THAT part!. Was only there though for about a millisecond.

[@megotgame13]

As an owner of carnivorous plants. I approve.

[@VVICHAL]

Do you believe or noticed that it Has a kid if thinking abilities like geniuses, Like they react for bigger prey and they have the ability to figure out which one is big and when to and not to strike.. ?

[@scepticalhyenas5750]

Hey, me too! mostly lowland nepenthes for me. You?

[@markbruno5058]

They forgot its in the philippines as well..native

[@Unchainedful]

Do you poo in your plant too?

[@scepticalhyenas5750]

@@Unchainedful I try to avoid it when I can

[@johnvaughan6636]

the ants and pitcher plants are similar in function as our own digestive system... i have a feeling ants are more beneficial to us than we currently understand... i was thinking industrially primarily, however im sure the biggest benefit would no doubt suprise

[@johnvaughan6636]

oh yeah, 68th comment here

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

They keep the soil healthy enough for us to grow food for ourselves and livestock. They disperse seeds of beneficial plants and flowers and they eat the larvae of insects that we find annoying. You probably know that all ants, like bees, are female. Only a few males are hatched to mate with the queen then killed, but they have wings so...yeah. All the workers are sterile girls, same with bees. And here's a thought to keep you awake at night: ants outnumber us 250 Million to ONE. But weigh 20% as much as us.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

That's a really good metaphor :)

[@castleanthrax1833]

Oh, I'm sure that people realise how beneficial ants are to our survival. Sure the everyday "Joe" is oblivious, but I've watched docos that have said that if ants became extinct, we would likely follow soon after (within a year or 2), but if we became extinct, the ants wouldn't even notice.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

@@castleanthrax1833 For ants to go extinct, the planet would have to be uninhabitable to any life form. A dictator in a bad mood could take us out.

[@frogganna]

How the heck do you do this... I always click on your videos to answer whatever questions you ask in the title because I'm curious and you briefly talk about that and continue to hold my attention with hundreds of other related information and I forget why I came here in the first place.... 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 You should be a teacher if you aren't already. ❤️❤️

[@frogganna]

S.N. I didn't realize it but I wasn't subscribed!! Problem fixed now 👍🏼

[@francisodenore7083]

I only came here for Mantis!

[@c4spinn]

I think he got so overloaded with data he forgot what the video was about... I guess the mantis just crawls out cuz it's feeding the plant with worms, lol talk about mutually beneficial "here take my worms please." 😅😅😅

[@orangygbernafas2968]

i deemed it as a clickbait ngl, that's why i barely click on random videos in my recommend even if they're intriguing, knowing very well they'll barely talk about it or they just make us wait for years to actually talk about the title and it's just a bit most of the case

[@Just_Kys]

Imagine having a teacher that can’t hold his attention to the subject he’s talking about

[@Berserk_Ravenger]

“ITS A TRAP!” 😂😂

[@Absbor]

Ants 🤝Hippos walking underwater

[@qyouwilber5734]

This is one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen. The tenacity of life here on Earth is a true wonder.

[@karisdraws4061]

With all the "ants on the plants" and "the bug is stuck" rhymes you can make an entire Dr. Seuss story.

[@erikperez4829]

Damn this real life Victreebel is terrifying 😂😂

[@ahmedsachwani2868]

4:16 I was NOT PREPARED FOR THAT

[@hi-tych]

That mantis face on the thumbnail is like " this nigga here boi!!!"

[@nothanksplease]

pieces of half digested plants would be a plus for other primates. Probably like boba to them. Poor little mantis. 3:

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

I'm like that "I like turtles"kid, only for mantises, and that's awesome how they discovered to use the plant to get those parasite mooks outta there! 😬..oh but I also really like turtles too! 🐢❤️

[@JCinerea]

I thought the segment on pitcher plant- ant interaction was fascinating. And I am personally glad that you did not show anyone needlessly torturing an insect by placing it in a pitcher plant.

[@castleanthrax1833]

I guess you missed the part where he fed an insect to a wolf spider?

[@westerlywinds5684]

This is the reason I believe in creation. This does not come from out of nothing. Nothing produces nothing. This is artwork.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

What or who do you think created it?

[@westerlywinds5684]

@@bungiecrimes7247 According to Genesis, the first pages in the Bible, God created all things.

[@miketalas7998]

I like how at the end the narrator suggests a HORRIFIC HAPPENING like it is always possible, in a matter of fact whimsical way!!! The carnivorouse plant could be your math teacher some day!!!??? 😱😨😱

[@BX...]

I like how this guy starts like "what happen when plant eat mantis" just to talk about how same plants serve as living toilet after few minutes

[@jeffreypressley41]

Cool video, I learned a lot. Besides the hair worm circumstance, what happens to a praying mantis in a carnivorous plant? That is the title and it wasn’t really addressed. That segment seemed more focused on the parasite.

[@irishhoney22]

This was my question too. Lol

[@MrJACK695]

I gave up after 5min.

[@lenny108]

@@irishhoney22 no animal survives once it is inside this plant

[@castleanthrax1833]

​@@lenny108 Yet this video showed that plenty survive.

[@stark5679]

I wonder how many small Pokémon this pitcher plant consumed 😂

[@MamaPinks]

I had a B52 Venus Fly Trap catch a yellow jacket once. I got some great photos from it too. Also, I had a Cobra Pitcher Plant that I put a Jerusalem Cricket in it. It just sat there and never came out and just disintegrated right there. All that was left was the exoskeleton. More great photos came from that one too. I also had the Sun Dews and the American Pitcher Plants. They are so fascinating!

[@grinchoi1]

It's so amazing how everything is connected in nature

[@castleanthrax1833]

It's for this reason why we shouldn't allow or create a situation where any species becomes extinct.

[@123youbia]

​@@castleanthrax1833extinction (if not made by us) is essential to nature.

[@castleanthrax1833]

@123youbia Yes, I'd estimate that over 99% of every species that has ever lived is now extinct. How is that a valid reason for us to allow or create a situation for a species to become extinct?

[@rogerramjet6429]

I had a bunch of Venus fly traps, till someone decided to fertilize all the pots and killed everything. Feed them nitrogen and they die. I was so pissed off.

[@jeremysteele3098]

RIP, plant

[@THE_REAL_SUN.]

THE SUN FEELS IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD DAY WHEN WATOP UPLOADS A VIDEO

[@EXEcosmoman20]

praying mantis are actually friendly towards humans while being deadly towards other smaller creatures

[@joemiller9931]

I miss my Mandy.😢

[@DannyMancheno]

9:35 this is why we love WATOP

[@sunnyquinn3888]

The Mantis in the thumbnail is looking like "TF you doing with me, bro?!"

[@bl3728]

ah, a plant that gets wet the more its being stimulated.

[@kevintrigg1328]

when I saw the thumbnail all I could think was "FREE HIM!!"

[@massimosquecco8956]

Wonders of Nature, glad to learn more and more about these so hidden mechanisms of life!

[@tomasjosefvela1]

I can't help but notice that these carnivorous plants have a similarity to vag-.... Georgia O'Keefe paintings? you know what I mean? ...just trying to keep my observation family friendly... sorry if I offend anyone.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Well, the subject of those paintings can be just as deadly as the plants to anything that gets trapped in the. Similar in many ways.

[@tomasjosefvela1]

@@olliefoxx7165lol, great point!!

[@tetrastreamxvii]

I came here to learn more about Victreebel. Very educational.

[@a2pha]

This Is What Happens When a Mantis Is Placed in a Carnivorous Plant. "And ... I'm not gonna tell you after all."

[@kobra_style]

The plants are literally like lets eat shit and thrive.

[@jcsjcs2]

Great video -- but I somehow missed the part where the Mantis was caught inside a pitcher plant.

[@shikihonmakaixxv6542]

Just saying, in Malaysia, we called that monkey cup "periuk kera" which is literally translate to monkey's pot

[@calypsodw]

Sooo..... What happens to a mantis?.....

[@juneskywalker5847]

It craps out the worm 😂

[@Garbeaux.]

I’ve really gotten into plants the past few years after I was given a super old bonsai tree from a neighbor he kept for 30+ years. I didn’t know that bonsai are not a type of tree but a tree purposely kept small. Literally any tree can be made into a bonsai. Anyway, I digress, but since getting involved with plants I’ve been wanting carnivorous plants like Venus flytraps, different kinds of pitcher plants, and sundews. I’ve gotten two different flytraps from separate places and killed both. 😢

[@rodtheworm]

Giving a 30 year old tree to an absolute beginner was a bold move - hope you manage to keep it for another 30! :)

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

Regarding your unfortunate flytraps - you might have made the mistake of thinking they have died around autumn/winter, and you threw them out, right? This is a common mistake that a lot of people make. However, a lot of carnivorous species like this actually NEED to have it's resting stage and it will die down completely and simply go dormant until warmer weather returns. If you keep it in a warmed house, you'll have to make sure to move it to a cooler place so it gets triggered to go to sleep. If it DOESN'T get this resting period once a year, it WILL die! They're funny like that. All you have to do is to keep it moist like usual through it's sleeping phase, as it will reawaken when Spring comes around again. Good luck with your carnivorous journey! Sounds like more research is needed though....although I hope the info I have given you might be enough to pull you through your next attempt. :P Successful gardening is through trial and error, and an awful lot of research. KZbin is great (if you like watching videos) although actual books or other text based info online is also really good. Try again. They can be a challenge, but it feels so good when they flourish for you! I find them almost as fascinating as fungi! :D

[@xmo552]

@@TheMurlocKeeper Mine died. I was supposed to used acidic water (I think) I didn't, I just used bottled water.

[@birdsridingdogs2877]

Good job, well done

[@shannarafryer3111]

@@xmo552 distilled, rain or reverse osmosis water is what you should’ve used. Everything else including bottled water contains minerals that would kill the plant

[@theoriesabouttheories]

you never told us what happened to the Mantis... click bait?

[@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy]

Click bait

[@joemiller9931]

Yep.

[@pulsefel9210]

i think the ant in the plant thing is more the plant gets more out of the relationship due to it using the ants poop and dead for food. ants get a home and food, but that food ends up feeding the plant in the end

[@215envy]

Randomly going through KZbin and find redwheel’s VA on yet another channel. This man puts in work

[@saintakins187]

With all the praying a praying mantis do we never see it in church.😂

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! It gets clean! I was not expecting that!

[@backpages1]

Thanks for identifying the four countries I’m never going to.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

"This Is What Happens When a Mantis Is Placed in a Carnivorous Plant"

[@piejosh9593]

Noted before the title changed ✅

[@mohammedabb985]

It changed

[@SteveBerryhill]

Always a great videos! Fascinating! I’m now down the carnivorous plant rabbit hole. ( Please do more on this subject)

[@Setnja92]

Another amazing episode. Thank you for these videos! 🙂

[@blissfulamazement9967]

lmaoo that quagmire edit 😂😂

[@dathanreyes4456]

its a win win for the mantis and the pitcher plant

[@robertdemon3550]

Can’t believe that praying mantis was tough enough to take on that lizard 0:12

[@M3GAN3116]

Somebody on a different video that has the same praying mantis eating lizard. Said somebody was holding the lizard so I couldn't shake off the praying mantis or escape

[@GabrielHackbarth-gq8ej]

“The more you know!”

[@gwrace]

It's amazing to me how you can look at all these amazing creatures and their design and chalk it all off to pure chance with evolution. Where there is a design there is a creator.

[@allmight5991]

This channel is always amazing- I love it that I can learn in an interesting and entertaining way

[@bboyjmillz-g2g]

You are like the modern, LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow.

[@penny_the_wiser413]

Carnivorous plants are so fascinating.

[@EverythingPlus.SheHer]

Dammit now I am afraid to go to the river when I wish 😂😂😂😂😂

[@willclark4449]

nature is one giant puzzle that fits perfectly together =D

[@nathankopy4005]

Hahah I feel bad for whoever had to retrieve that camera 😂

[@barry155]

no mantis in a carnivorous plant, just a hypothetical

[@williambreeze2659]

The monkey cup lol.

[@mikethompson1653]

Before I clicked I was wondering what would happen, after clicking I'm still wondering what would happen

[@kekipark77]

so......... what happens to a mantis when its placed in a carnivorous plant? this video was one GIANT tangent to the original question lol

[@chaddfrancis2179]

Is the Thumbnail supposed to be hilarious?The look in the Mantis's eyes is priceless.

[@fredkeele6578]

Was waiting for the part where the praying mantis fought to the death with the carnivorous plant. Seems it just wanted to take a bath instead.

[@madness1821]

this guy answering questions i never had

[@Vytas.]

Get eye glasses and hearing aid! He never answered what happens when praying mantis falls into a carnivorous plant! The title was just a click bait!

[@LadyVoldemort]

He answers questions we never asked, but he never answer the question he asked himself and used as clickbait. 😒

[@q-mansion145]

The hair worm -i am trapped😂

[@planetjupiter2551]

Ants when they see an intruder: WE MUST SACRIFICE THEM TO THE PLANT GOD

[@NeverDiesEver]

Most underrated Wildlife channel on KZbin

[@ZombieslayerLeena]

Does anyone know who this narrator is? I love his content, on more than one channel, I’m wondering if he does more narration elsewhere

[@TheSlaveofJesusChrist]

Pretty sure his name is steve.

[@janedoex1398]

10 seconds in I guess : *It will cut/ gnaw its way out of there.* They are ferocious. Edit : Ok I didn't know the mantis uses the plant as a spa/ colonic and the plant regulating it's water content...not even starting about the co - existance , beneficial relationships . Nature is amazing - though harsh sometimes. Still, I learned something new today ! 🙂 Thanks WATOP ! Edit: 2 typos.

[@stephenhernandez2096]

Came to watch the Mantis and the Pitcher plant. I somehow lost track of the Mantis when when the guy started talking about ants.

[@kenmorrill3774]

So what happens? They chew their way out?

[@josiahteeples2000]

I feel like this is what it's like to ask someone with severe ADHD who knows way too many random facts a question

[@zeeteajuu]

Can you just imagine venus flytraps evolves to become our calculator. That would be hilarious

[@paulashe61]

The nectar has a laxative effect on the shrew.

[@Nedenator]

Many of these facts I know, that being said there are also many I do not know which is nice, truth be told I’m not the biggest fan of the channel but I love what you are doing and some of the facts. Keep it up

[@chrisiechris]

If I was dieing from thirst I’m drinking the hell out of that beetle water 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lkrnpk]

I imagine aliens creating a video ''what happens if you put a human inside a tiger cage''

[@HuyFishingVlog]

very beautiful natural scenery . great video

[@Rochesteradventures4870]

Dude. Nature is crazy.

[@2000YearsOfTradition]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@keithcooper6715]

So do you guys pull the wings off of butterflies to watch them squirm ?

[@christopherbenson2491]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought wolf spiders were hunting spiders not web spinners. Or is their den they place over the plants?

[@michaelmichaels138]

Praying Mantis are preying and slaying mantises.

[@jamesgeschwender2276]

I don't think I'll ever be able to drink juice again digestive juices kind of kills it for me LOL

[@robogreen1170]

Intro never gets old 😅

[@douglasedwards134]

I have a pitcher plant. One of my favorite.

[@danielhermstad3323]

What happens if you leave a Mantis in a carniverous plant? The Mantis: MICHAEL!!! DONT LEAVE ME HERE!!! MICH- MICHAEL!!!!! HELP ME!!!!

[@Kronen9700]

The monkey cup with bugs in it for primates must be like water with fruit pieces for us or whatever. 😆

[@Ria-sd2ex]

I love the thumbnail. You can literally see it's little eyes looking like 👀

[@bodamyan_bg]

You R Top! Thanx 4 the amazing vids!

[@wovercomet9412]

Praying Mantis: Oh good! A toilet with water! Hairworm: Wait! No!

[@keepinitsk8a516]

I seen a video saying the parasite release something that makes it attracted to shiny things.. water is shiny, so it jumps in.

[@unnlucky333]

i never realized these videos had bgm until literally just now lol