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Does anybody know what the cricket is thinking when it's munching on it's fellow friends, family members, or mates. I mean if they're well fed and watered what would drive these creatures into this muderous rage?
Could be also competition for territory or once they get a certain size or age they start to get tired of the same food every day of most of their lives.cacoseraph said:population pressure?
Yes, I can agree with that. In natural conditions they live in smaller groups (I had contact with "natural" populations of Acheta domesticus in Poland).cacoseraph said:population pressure?
They are thinking.....hmm, I'm hungry, I'm an insect, I don't know any better so I think I will eat this cricket.stonemantis said:Does anybody know what the cricket is thinking when it's munching on it's fellow friends, family members, or mates. I mean if they're well fed and watered what would drive these creatures into this muderous rage?
They must have heard this saying too many times. "Well you are what you eat"Bloodletting said:They are thinking.....hmm, I'm hungry, I'm an insect, I don't know any better so I think I will eat this cricket.
But then again, I guess they can't think to know they are a cricket that doesn't know any better than to eat another cricket.
And the other crickets think or not thinks, hmm, he's eating a cricket so they must be good and look how far away that carrot is, I think I will go take a bite of that cricket my friend cricket is munching on.
And then all the other crickets think, if they can think, if those two are eating a cricket, I may as well help..
And they are all grateful it isn't them that is being eaten.
Scott
The real question is.......How do they choose the one to eat??? draw straws, do they make pacts not to eat certain crickets if the pass away??
You would think they would eat something else then, who would want to be a cricket??stonemantis said:They must have heard this saying too many times. "Well you are what you eat"
Or just a few smart-aleck crickets getting bored with running around the tankBloodletting said:You would think they would eat something else then, who would want to be a cricket??
In my experience crix only eat other crix if they are dead or molting. I've never seen a cricket attack another live cricket, unless one gets chomped mid molt.Bloodletting said:They are thinking.....hmm, I'm hungry, I'm an insect, I don't know any better so I think I will eat this cricket.
But then again, I guess they can't think to know they are a cricket that doesn't know any better than to eat another cricket.
And the other crickets think or not thinks, hmm, he's eating a cricket so they must be good and look how far away that carrot is, I think I will go take a bite of that cricket my friend cricket is munching on.
And then all the other crickets think, if they can think, if those two are eating a cricket, I may as well help..
And they are all grateful it isn't them that is being eaten.
Scott
The real question is.......How do they choose the one to eat??? draw straws, do they make pacts not to eat certain crickets if the pass away??
Bloodletting said:The real question is.......How do they choose the one to eat??? draw straws, do they make pacts not to eat certain crickets if the pass away??
Very simple - lack of proteins ....stonemantis said:Does anybody know what the cricket is thinking when it's munching on it's fellow friends, family members, or mates. I mean if they're well fed and watered what would drive these creatures into this muderous rage?
Absolutely I have seen others attack perfectly fine, healthy crickets. I usually see it after buying a few doz. and putting them in a tank. One or two seem to get chomped. No molt, no damage, just chomped.juggalo69 said:In my experience crix only eat other crix if they are dead or molting. I've never seen a cricket attack another live cricket, unless one gets chomped mid molt.
or they are expressing how they feel being locked up in a cell without any possibility of escape. Except to be eaten. Eat or be eaten says the cricket to the other.Raqua said:Very simple - lack of proteins ....