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amazing praying mantises (video clips) (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Sep 2021
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msongs
(67,193 posts)1. played with mantises many times as a kid, they usually had no fear at all to
jumping on an outstretched finger and crawling around on an open hand or up an arm. never kept on in a container tho
OAITW r.2.0
(23,813 posts)2. Saw them a lot when I was a kid.....bet I haven't seen one in 40 years now.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)3. That first one is rather...
intimidating looking.
skypilot
(8,847 posts)4. I have been trying for years to find...
...the video from America's Funniest Home Videos of the guy who is "facing off" with and talking smack to a praying mantis until it jumps on his face and sends him falling to the floor screaming. Funniest thing I've ever seen.
Karadeniz
(22,270 posts)5. I've always liked our mantises, so I kind of wish I hadn't read this! That first video scared my
pants off!