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moneyclip
02/24/2003, 05:03 PM
Fellow reeferDarkrose sent me this article, thought you might find it interesting. Look at the size of the Mantis' in the pics.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Feb/14/ln/ln01a.html
Bruddah Chrispy
02/27/2003, 06:47 PM
Aloha kakou,

I can't *believe* someone ate something that came out of the Ala Wai! :eek:
Gonodactylus
02/28/2003, 04:37 AM
The NY Times is doing a story on this. I can't imagine why. Lysiosquillina occur throughout the Indo-Pacific and often get larger than this animal. All this story shows is that these are animals adapted to living in muck.

Roy
Nicholas Ang
03/03/2003, 06:00 AM
:eek2:
jimroth
03/03/2003, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by Gonodactylus
The NY Times is doing a story on this. I can't imagine why. Lysiosquillina occur throughout the Indo-Pacific and often get larger than this animal. All this story shows is that these are animals adapted to living in muck.

Hey, at least you got a mention in the article.

Not sure I would want to eat the mantis after it came out of an open sewer.
Gonodactylus
03/04/2003, 12:19 PM
Yeh, but it wasn't worth the effort. After spending a lot of time on the phone with the reporter and a morning scanning and sending the NY Times several photographs of these animals, they didn't use the photos and still included the statement that this was the largest L. m every recorded from Hawaii. I have a preserved specimen from Hawaii setting on my desk that is larger than the one taken from the canal.

Roy
LilShrimpChik
03/05/2003, 01:37 AM
~~~~~~I can't *believe* someone ate something that came out of the Ala Wai!~~~~

To add to that I can't *believe* there's actually one that big!!!

Whats next giant bristle worms! *ugh :hmm2:
Dargon
03/05/2003, 11:44 AM
Whats next giant bristle worms! *ugh
Depends what you consider giant. I will have to check some sources or as Dr. Ron, but I believe bristle worms can commonly grow up to 1 meter in length in the wild.

I know I have heard of big tank reefers (180G+) finding ones 18-24 inches long when they have had to break down to more their tanks.

D.
LilShrimpChik
03/05/2003, 09:30 PM
:eek1:
you win!
LOL
;)

Kime`