Preying Mantas

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Preying Mantas
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Species origin Jellyfish

A Preying Mantas is a Jellyfish found underwater in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Their name is a pun on praying mantis, which is a kind of insect, and manta ray, a kind of stingray, which is ironic as enemy itself is a type of jellyfish. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the Yoshis. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their Submarine forms. They appear again as enemies in Yoshi's New Island.

A Preying Mantas in Super Mario Galaxy.

Preying Mantases also appear in Super Mario Galaxy in the Deep Dark Galaxy and the Bigmouth Galaxy. They are found in groups of four swimming around, hurting Mario if he touches them. Other Preying Mantas behave identically to their Yoshi's Island counterparts bobbing up and down as Mario gets near. They can be defeated with a Star Spin or a Koopa Shell and give one Coin when defeated. They also appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Cosmic Cove Galaxy, although the Prima Official Game Guide for the game calls them Jellyfish, larger relatives of the Preying Mantas called Jammyfish are also seen in the same Galaxies, these Jellyfish are electric and require more hits to bring down.

Names in other languages

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