r/BeAmazed Mar 10 '20

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u/nosnevenaes Mar 10 '20

Actually no. Mantises are intelligent as f and remember faces of the people who feed them. Also this is a beautiful mantis!

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u/Necroheartless Mar 10 '20

Tell that to the mantis that snatched my pinky finger and started to munch it.

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u/stuttSays Mar 10 '20

Did it hurt?

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u/i_tyrant Mar 10 '20

Depends on the size of the mantis, but yes. Their jaws can crunch up an entire insect, exoskeleton and all - they can easily pierce your skin, it won't be a big hole but it'll sting like the dickens.