My Ultimate Multi Mantis System(s)

[Calappidae]

I thought it was fairly known that life evolved from the sea....thus the crustacean before the 'insect'....things in the sea moved and lived long before things upon land...

I suspose when you look at it that way, perhaps there is more of a relation than we ever classified anything as.

However I'm not quite sure if we can throw labels like Idolomantis Diabolica being a result from an evolved Odontodactylus Scyllarus ancestor or vice versa. Stomatopods are just very very different from any animals that have evolved.

The way I view this, after taking that logic into account, Stomatopods evolved alongside other modern land dwelling creatures. If true mantids like Idolos evolved from a stomatopod, if anything it would be a de-evolution or a hindering result missing out on a stomatopod's eyesight and dactyl capabilities.

Stomatopods evolved from the common ancestor of Mantids.

Simultaneously Mantids evolved from the common ancestor of Stomatopods.

Neither evolved from each other.

I really don't know how to explain this as evolution isn't a topic I really researched or study.. but I think all modern day animals, stomatopod, insect, whatever, evolved at the same time from another entity rather than pointing fingers at existing species resulting from also existing species.

Insects and Crusteceans both evolved and split from a seperate group.

(This is all theory poorly explained by yours truely)

 

[Kharn]

I agree - The cretaceous period was the rise of them both Mantis Shrimp & Praying Mantis would of appeared roughly around the same timeline although not directly related to one another, neither evolved from either.

As in a Mantis Shrimp did not crawl out of the sea to become the first praying mantis.
AND
A praying mantis did not crawl into the sea to become the first mantis shrimp.

But with creationism on the rise.....I think it's easier to just say "God Did It!" LOL....
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[Kharn]

I've just finished my autopsy and gathered together the pieces I need for phase 2 of this small project .

I have also had word that my 1st tank is being built and over half done, it is a 6ftx2ftx2ft tank split in half with fixed divider no flow holes, each half will have its own input & internal corner weir overflow.

 

[Martini5788]

I'm still curious as to why you did a necropsy on them.

 

[Kharn]

I'm still curious as to why you did a necropsy on them.

It will become apparent soon enough

 

[Martini5788]

Haha so you keep saying...

 

[Kharn]

Haha so you keep saying...

It's been like 2-3days since I last said it lol!

Nothing good ever came from rushing something....

I have had great news though! I found a local artist and she works in embroidery patches and epaulettes! These are the designs I exactly envisioned and hoped for when designing the suit! It's the 3D/Bumby Texture style embroidery where it's raised through overlap stitching!

This will give the very real and much more desirable and effective effect that I had in mind all along but had begun to lose hope over until today! In the 'west' it is unimaginably expensive due to the whole designs being so unique in the customization but I have seen this ladies work here and it is 100% accurate & cheap in costs...I'm utterly thrilled that the patchwork has begun and with the other things above now in play it will not be long until the suit is officially finished and I will adorn it in my first full motion mantisman video and from every video there on out!

Exciting days!!!

 

[Martini5788]

It's been like 2-3days since I last said it lol!



Nothing good ever came from rushing something....



I have had great news though! I found a local artist and she works in embroidery patches and epaulettes! These are the designs I exactly envisioned and hoped for when designing the suit! It's the 3D/Bumby Texture style embroidery where it's raised through overlap stitching!



This will give the very real and much more desirable and effective effect that I had in mind all along but had begun to lose hope over until today! In the 'west' it is unimaginably expensive due to the whole designs being so unique in the customization but I have seen this ladies work here and it is 100% accurate & cheap in costs...I'm utterly thrilled that the patchwork has begun and with the other things above now in play it will not be long until the suit is officially finished and I will adorn it in my first full motion mantisman video and from every video there on out!



Exciting days!!!

This is true, but I have been reading back a bit and this is a common question. And it feels like it's been longer hahaha. Also, are you saying that you are making a mantis suit that you personally will wear? Because if so, I think you should come to the states and wear it around Walmart. That would definitely get you some facebook publicity

 

[Kharn]

This is true, but I have been reading back a bit and this is a common question. And it feels like it's been longer hahaha. Also, are you saying that you are making a mantis suit that you personally will wear? Because if so, I think you should come to the states and wear it around Walmart. That would definitely get you some facebook publicity

I've posted about the uniform quite a bit lol and my profile image on here is the top portion of it ...

I have friends in the U.S. so once certain things are done and running I'll start to act like representative when I go visit them and other places in the U.S.

It's NOT a mantis shrimp "costume" but a uniform that has been lonnng in the making that represents mantis shrimp like an ambassadors uniform.

 

[Kharn]

I've been working on this work quite a while now (the glyphs and emblems are all photoshopped on) and have pieced together all of the physical parts of the clothing however some are being replaced (Overcoat, Boots & Gloves) there are also other things not in this picture that have been ordered like a small belt pouches/sacks, along with hooks/rings/straps all of it decaled with my official logo.

We have also bought/protected the name & logo/trademark in a few major countries so no one can 'steal' them or well they can but I'll take them/anyone to court and get my dues as i have done before with my totally unrelated to all this company in trailer parts & steel works...

I take all of what I do with the Mantisman very seriously (just like my other business) and will aggressively/mercilessly pursue anyone who steals things of my creation, I have had my lawyers hunt for a few other businesses in the past that attempted to steal my trailer&steelworks products/images.

But this is the basics of the uniform it's covered in the business trademark/logos and some other fancy mantis related paraphernalia!

 

[Kharn]

One of the first public items that will be made available is a Novel that I have been working on for well over a year, It's 3/4 done and should be around 500pages of Mantisman & Mantis Shrimp goodness!

Those that have read certain passages/chapters that I have written so far have been surprised at the sheer depth and relativity within the novel because I knew most/all thought it would be something 'shallow/predictable' it targets a global audience not just those interested in mantis shrimp ...

 

[young doz]

It's fair to say you've come a long way since your first post requesting an L. mac.

Very good stuff

 

[Kharn]

It's fair to say you've come a long way since your first post requesting an L. mac.

Very good stuff

I have and I plan to go much further....

I did know on day 1 that these animals were my calling and why I am here on earth!

But I have 'waned' a bit from this sub-forum going off on my own accord to create a Youtube page, FB profile & LIKE page along with my own up and coming professional website !

I have found the interaction/responses on the YouTube & FB sites far more 'frequent/daily' then what I have on here even though I'm on here daily and have frequently posted a pages worth of updates to no responses...

 

[Kharn]

So it begins!

Phase 2 - First Tank is now here! They stuffed up a minor thing though and drilled the INPUT plumbing holes in the FRONT of the tank LOL, easy fix their going to redrill the rear of the tank same position as they did in the front and same size then use those pieces they cut out to fill in the front holes! Not much will happen that high up so I don't see it posing any sort of problem once fixed.

The tank is 1800mm Long x 600mm Wide x 600mm High (500mm High Internal Corner Overflows), each half is 'separate' and the divider is 10mm thick, 1 half for an L.mac (or pair seeing as how easy it is to get both sexes) and the other half is for a nice big O.scy.

 

[Martini5788]

That's a sick setup. What if they see each other though?

 

[Kharn]

That's a sick setup. What if they see each other though?

Well what I forgot to mention is that for the sake of filming in a uniform environment, ALL sides & base (rear wall, overflow walls, divider sides & tank base) is going to have neatly cut and glued sheets of colored acrylic, this will not only prevent them from seeing each other but also make filming them much easier and crisper due to the 'uniform' background all being 1 and the same.

Exciting Times!!! - :bounce3:

 

[Martini5788]

Well what I forgot to mention is that for the sake of filming in a uniform environment, ALL sides & base (rear wall, overflow walls, divider sides & tank base) is going to have neatly cut and glued sheets of colored acrylic, this will not only prevent them from seeing each other but also make filming them much easier and crisper due to the 'uniform' background all being 1 and the same.



Exciting Times!!! - :bounce3:

That makes so much more sense to me . Keep us updated!

 

[Kharn]

That makes so much more sense to me . Keep us updated!

I plan to have this up and running in less than a week! (Including live stock).:celeb1:

 

[Calappidae]

You using biospira to cycle?

 

[Kharn]

You using biospira to cycle?

Nope, direct flow through tank...

I'm using the ocean.