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The females are monsters if you manage to piss them off lol. They flare their wings and thrash their spiky legs around wildly in the air... and if they manage to hook onto your hand or finger, they just squeeze the life out of it with their spiky legs. hahah :surrender:Thanks for sharing, it's very interesting to see. I haven't seen a wild walking stick for several years. I wouldn't have thought of one as a pet, or a mantis either till recently.
Too bad it's hard to find blackberry leaves for food - and lettuce is such a bad substitute; otherwise, would have liked to raise one myself. Seems like a very docile pet.
With their large size I guess they are bound to do some damage when pissed.The females are monsters if you manage to piss them off lol. They flare their wings and thrash their spiky legs around wildly in the air... and if they manage to hook onto your hand or finger, they just squeeze the life out of it with their spiky legs. hahah :surrender:
...but as you said, they're docile most of the times and they're lovely.
Thankfully the ones in my area are much smaller. I may have to see if I can find one in the wild this summer - and teach it to eat crickets or fruit flies and give up the whole leaf business.
