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Wryknow
07/06/2005, 03:43 PM
I saw a very beautiful Peacock Mantis at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicgago on Sunday. (In the crab exhibit of all places.) I had no idea they got that big! It was easily 4" long. Camera shy though :-( Is this common for a Peacock Mantis?
rogerwells
07/06/2005, 05:32 PM
holy crap thats awesome....is it there permenently? i live in the chicago suburbs and i have been meaning to go there i had no idea they had a peacock that size. 4" that means for feet or four inches? either way its still cool...but four feet would be a ****ing monster
Gary Majchrzak
07/06/2005, 05:36 PM
If it's the same shrimp, (and I believe that it is), it's been at the Shedd for quite some time...
rogerwells
07/06/2005, 05:53 PM
yeah i havnt been there since i was very young...and back then i didnt know what the hell a mantis shrimp was...not till i got into the reef tank hobby
rwhhunt
07/07/2005, 12:31 AM
I seriously hope your kidding, If four foot mantids existed, mankind would be in serious trouble...
Wryknow
07/07/2005, 08:53 AM
4" = 4 inches. I wouldn't stick my face within 10 feet of a tank that held a four foot mantis shrimp! :-) This fellow has his own small display tank in the temporary exhibit section (it's the crab exhibit at the moment.) No "room mates" for some reason! :-) I don't know how much longer it will run, but it was pretty cool.
Safierdrgn
07/07/2005, 03:31 PM
I was there last year and they had that mantis. They also have a beautiful pair of Harliquin shrimp.
majestic sea life
07/11/2005, 04:47 PM
lsat year when i went the peacock mantis they had was like 6'' + and very old lookin lol. And yes they can get up to 7''.

~Brian
BrianPlankis
07/12/2005, 03:14 PM
I saw a picture of mantis captured in the gulf of mexico that was over 1 foot long, about 14 inches, but I can't find the link now. Scary!
rwhhunt
07/13/2005, 12:36 AM
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/rwhhunt/GiantMantisShrimp.jpg
Wryknow
07/13/2005, 01:58 PM
Wow! That's not a "thumb-splitter" that's an "arm-stealer"!
rogerwells
07/19/2005, 02:07 PM
is that real?
DaddyJax
07/19/2005, 07:12 PM
Yup it was in our newspaper too!! There have been LOTS of fishermen reporting as big or bigger mantis's in the gulf!
rogerwells
07/19/2005, 09:37 PM
im never going near the ocean again
Timbor
07/19/2005, 09:48 PM
lol... that is one scary mantis!

Tim
matt_morton
07/22/2005, 05:38 PM
:eek: