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Unread 01/14/2004, 11:26 AM   #1
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Weird

Anyone know if a mantis can eat bristleworms? I saw mine running around with something pink in his dactyls and it sure looked like a crushed up bristly- I can't imagine they'd eat those suckers....


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Unread 01/14/2004, 11:27 AM   #2
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I don't have shrimp or anything else that is pink in coloration in the small tank that I have my N wennerae in BTW....


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Unread 01/14/2004, 03:44 PM   #3
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In some gonodactylids, the eggs are this color and are carried in the mouthparts.

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