bug fights...older than internet?

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Damn, some of these are cool...i need to watch them all when I get off work.

so damn creepy too...*shudders*
 

technophile82

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its pokemon in real life!

some of those fights get pretty intense. the hornet vs praying mantis was neat (round 10)!
 

ZzZGuy

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Cool, but when one or both of the insects tries to flee repeatedly it takes away form the fight. I want to see when they want to fight to the death (think ant vs ant).
 

maxster

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Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
cool.....

and barbaric.

Yes it is really cool, but I will have to disagree on the barbaric part.

Here are three reasons why it's not barbaric:

#1: They're bugs.
#2: They're bugs..
#3: They're freaking bugs.

 

KB

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Round 11 is neat. The scorpion sneaks its venom in the crawfish joints. Smooth move.
Somehow this seems cruel, but not quite dogfight cruel.
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: technophile82
its pokemon in real life!

some of those fights get pretty intense. the hornet vs praying mantis was neat (round 10)!

I'm surprised the mantis exposed its soft underbelly so much.

It seems sometimes that the bugs don't really know how to fight...they do a lot more posturing than actual biting. It seems that if they attacked as soon as they saw an opening, these things would go a lot faster.
 

xSkyDrAx

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The hornet was indeed badass, went through a lot of rounds but ultimately lost to the centipede (millipede?) now that thing is pretty uber.
 

KeithTalent

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Originally posted by: technophile82

some of those fights get pretty intense. the hornet vs praying mantis was neat (round 10)!

I lost 50 bucks on that fight. :frown:

KT
 

91TTZ

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That giant beetle beat everything's ass. But it couldn't really do any damage, it just pushed other bugs around until they gave up.

The scorpion stung the other things to death. Did you notice how the heads of bugs don't do much? Even after they get their head cut off, they still manage to walk around and fight.
 

bobsmith1492

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My dad and his brothers used to stage civil-war-era battles between lines of stag beetles - line both sides up and let 'em have at it! I've never seen a stag beetle since...
 

warmodder

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The spider should be in the heavy weight class. It just crushes all the other bugs with it's size.