Praying mantises are also known to capture and kill hummingbirds, as a reader from West Chester, Pennsylvania, describes. â BWD. The other day while I was working in the yard my son urgently called to me. âDad, a praying mantis caught a hummingbird!â. Not sure what to expect, but knowing my son is not one to make things up, I came running to see for myself. By the time I arrived it was too late for the poor hummer and my scientifically minded son had already begun taking pictures and studying the scene.
they say that sperm can survive for up to 5 days although this is only in the right conditions eg fertile cervical mucus usually they would last for 2 hours and that would be just prior to ovulation when your cervical mucus resembles egg whites
Typically, sperm doesn't last too long. It only takes a few minutes for sperms to dry out and die, if it ends up anywhere other than the female's vagina. However, there are always exceptions. Depending on the moisture and temperature of the surface, sperm can last up to several hours after ejaculation.evertheless, sperm can only survive for about 20 minutes to an hour depending on its level of exposure to the air and environmental factors. After ejaculation, semen dries up, rendering the sperm useless.