# Praying Mantis vs. Hummingbird

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird/315992>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 7, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird/315992 "2005-08-07T15:18:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird/315992/21 "2005-08-08T22:20:57Z")

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No way can a mantis actually EAT a whole hummingbird. What do they do? Eat til they feel all bloated and then just dump the carcass for the beetles?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-mantis-vs-hummingbird/315992/22 "2005-08-08T22:39:15Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> No way can a mantis actually EAT a whole hummingbird. What do they do? Eat til they feel all bloated and then just dump the carcass for the beetles?

They only eat the white meat.

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