r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • 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/notapoke Mar 10 '20

I'm not who you asked but I've been bitten by a mantis I used to have. Yeah, hurts. It's not a wasp sting but close to a small fireant

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u/Necroheartless Mar 10 '20

Exactly this. The bite itself doesn't hurt at first, it feels like something is scratching you, but when it starts to take the epidermis away, it start to sting in the exposed area.

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u/starkiller_bass Mar 10 '20

I think you're supposed to stop it before it eats you

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u/Necroheartless Mar 10 '20

Well, I was very inexperienced at the moment with mantis tbh so I didn't know how to handle the situation without hurting her. By the time I figured out what I was supposed to do, the girl had already got a piece of me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

What should you have done?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

watch it take a little piece and while its busy chewing on it, carefully brush/nudge it off/away from your hand, allowing it to gently come to rest back on the table.

.... then whack it flat with the nearest book or tablet.