Mantis shrimp?

[untamed]

I'm glad you aren't just killing him. This hobby is changing for the better...I would trade you for him, but being in Vancouver, it would be difficult.

[justinl]

personally I honestly think 20$ is as much as I would pay for one o these guys. 25$ is pushing it. G. viridis isnt the most active or colorful available.

untamed, I agree to the fullest! I thought it was kinda sad and ignorant that so many people used to (not that some still don't) consider these guys as pests and just kill em. Do a lil research and you'll see why I have such respect for them.

hey no problemo ed99. It's actually kinda funny, that website isn't nearly a full list of all mantises... there are really about 400 species around. Try browsing through that mother list to get an ID!

[MobyDick]

I had a Lysiosquillina maculata but he died in the summer heat:<.i still have him chillin out in the freezer cause i could say goodbye..lol..jk..but he is in the freezer.

[justinl]

dead mantis eh? that sucks. that species is a spearer right?
anyways since you still got it around you might like to know that they are edible. in fact mantises make a popular cantonese dish known as shako which means "****ing shrimp" because they urinate when they were thrown in the pot live... so eventually they figured out that they had to stab em first to empty the bowels, then cook em. just an idea... you know, completing the circle of life