Believe It or Not!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Believe it or Not!, a giant water bug has been photographed eating a juvenile turtle in an unusual predatory role reversal.
Using its front legs the giant water bug gripped the turtle, inserting its syringe-like rostrum into the prey’s neck in order to feed.
The giant water bugs are known to only attack moving prey, so it is likely that the 58mm insect captured and killed the young turtle before feeding on it.
Large bugs in the Lethocerinae family have been known to prey upon small vertebrates including fish and frogs. But unlike insects that often fall prey to reptiles, scientists have observed one particular species of bug eating snakes and a turtle.
Giant water bug attacks snake
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wtf? that is well cruell i would of dived in to free that turtle because i would never just stand there at let it get eaten when turtles are awesome and because of this reason if you were that turtle getting eaten i bet you would of wanted help not just to get photos taken of you whoever that is they are sick
You have to be F***ing Dumb to get mad at something so natural in nature.. lol.. And if you read the bold print it states, “..the 58mm insect captured and killed the young turtle before feeding on it.” So Mr. Turtle was already dead.. How would you feel if somebody took a meal out of your mouth after you captured it???? ;P
Its nature if sometried to kill u do the animals tryto stopit no
I couldn’t agree more
my ppl in my class say that this is fake p.s these ppl is stupid
(im in middle skool)
it’s still sad.
*school. these people are stupid. LOL just kidding.
eww thats just gross and wrong….
ew. ew. ew. ew. ew.
ok that is right ew but what is gonna happen next
what the hell so sad for the turtle i swear i would kill that water bug if i see it such a piece of s***
LOL, just like a wildlife photographer shooting a lion stalking and killing it’s prey, you can not interfere in the natural progression of life, after all, why should the poor bug starve because you like turtles better?
Talk about a big appetite for a little bug!
that realy realy weird and a realy realy hungary turtel
i mean bug
wow u spelled TURTLE wrong lol
that bug is twisted in the head!
idk this looks fake wouldnt a water bug eat an water turtle that doesnt look like a water turtle?
holiday, you should know that every thing that Ripleys believe it or not is real, no matter what you think, even if that bug is freakishly huge,think of other weird things in nature ( such as a probscis monkey ) and think about the comment you just left.
Umm Vampire beetle, what could happen next??
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