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| {{species infobox
| | [[Image:Preying_Mantis.PNG|frame|right|A '''Preying Mantas'''.]] |
| |image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''Yoshi's New Island''
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| |comparable=[[Jellybeam]]
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| '''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> are [[jellyfish]] [[List of enemies|enemies]] in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series. Their English name is a play on "{{wp|praying mantis}}" and "{{wp|manta ray|manta}}," with the use of "{{wp|Predation|preying}}" conveying they are aggressive creatures. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, making them little of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. A Preying Mantas can be defeated from one of [[Submarine Yoshi]]'s torpedoes. | |
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| ==Profiles==
| | A '''Preying Mantas''' is a [[Jellyfish]] found in the waters in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]. The Yoshis can only attack them when in [[Yoshi Submarine|submarine mode]]; they are also only encountered while in this form. |
| ===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
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| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Sho/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
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| *'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.''<ref name=NP/>
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| ===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
| | It is possible that the Preying Manta are related to the salt-water dwelling Jellyfish from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. A creature resembling Preying Mantas also appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', in the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]] and the [[Bigmouth Galaxy]]. They are found in groups of four swimming around something Mario will have to get. Although, in the [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]] game guide identical enemies called Jammyfish are shown. |
| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Advance/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
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| ===''Yoshi's New Island''=== | | == Trivia == |
| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。<ref name=YNI/> (''They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.'') | | *"Preying Mantas" is a pun on [[Wikipedia:Praying mantis|praying mantis]], which is a kind of insect. |
| | | *They may be related to [[Jumping Blooper]]s. |
| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
| | {{Yoshi}} |
| Preying Mantas.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
| | [[Category:Yoshi Species]] |
| SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|Sprite from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
| | [[Category:Underwater Creatures]] |
| </gallery> | | [[Category:Yoshi Enemies]] |
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jpn={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}|isbn=4-09-102523-4|date=September 20, 1995}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16}}|date=November 20, 2002|isbn=4-09-106701-4}}</ref> / くらげ<ref name=Sho/><ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19}}|date=August 9, 2014|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1}}</ref>
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| |JpnR=Kurage
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| |JpnM=Jellyfish
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| |Ger=Blubber-Qualle<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1995|page=18}}</ref>
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| |GerM=Bubble Jellyfish
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| ==Trivia==
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| *During the development of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{YI}}
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| [[Category:Jellyfish]] | | [[Category:Jellyfish]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy]] |
| [[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]] |
| [[Category:Yoshi's New Island enemies]]
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| [[it:Preying Mantas]]
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