The six families of odontocetes

Howdy yall, here are the six families of odontocetes (toothed whales for all you nonbiologists out there)

Ziphiidae- beaked whales
Physeteridae- sperm whales
Kogiidae- pygmy sperm whales
Phocoenidae- porpoises
Delphinidae- dolphins
Monodentidae- narwhals and belugas

You probably didn't need to know that, but it's kind of fun to know, anyway. Have fun and be weird...

Some interesting mantis behavior

Yesterday I was cleaning my mantises and I noticed some strange behavior. When I stuck my finger into the cup to gently scoop a mantis out, it ducked it's little head down and flattened its body to keep me from touching it- this reminded me of a puppy ducking down in submission. I have never seen anything like this before. If anyone out there has any advice as to what it could mean, I'm all ears.

Got mantis?

I am a mommy. I have 23 baby praying mantises living with me in my tiny little studio in Waikiki. Now, you might ask, what shall a young girl do with 23 young insects, when insects are such icky little beasts that might cause you to say "Eeeeeeeeek!," or "Gasp!" or "Ewwwww!" If you ever said any of these words in front of me, I would hate you for life. Just kidding, but I would be offended. So, I am going to train them... to be my army- ha ha ha ha... Just kidding again. I am going to train them to avoid bad tasting food based on motion cues. It turns out that these little guys hunt prey based on motion, so that's why I think they might be able to learn prey recognition from motion cues. So, I'll keep you updated. Maybe I'll have baby pictures of my own to send, but for now, I have this picture of a baby mantis whom I've never seen before.