Has your mantid bit/caught/scratched/chewed you?

[The_Asa]

Seems improbable that a cricket carrying bacteria could transmit it to the mantids jaws fully or partially which would then bite you, piercing the skin and infecting a human with a disease. If that happened then you would think that there would be more of those types of infections in germ ridden cricket populations (Germany)

 

[Rick]

This thread cracks me up. THe last thing you should worry about is a mantis biting you. When I said I have been stuck or pinched it was due to grabbing a mantis in the wild. It is best not to grab your captive mantids but instead to coax them onto your hand. Mantids do not attack humans. They can just freak out a bit when grabbed.

 

[Rob Byatt]

:lol: :lol:

 

[collinchang635]

This thread cracks me up. THe last thing you should worry about is a mantis biting you. When I said I have been stuck or pinched it was due to grabbing a mantis in the wild. It is best not to grab your captive mantids but instead to coax them onto your hand. Mantids do not attack humans. They can just freak out a bit when grabbed.

As in grabbing do you mean holding the thorax or holding the whole mantid?