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How does a mantis know where the head of an insect is?
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyc666" data-source="post: 16948" data-attributes="member: 474"><p>I know this slightly veers from the point but one of you guys mentioned statistical analysis and it reminded me of something i read in a book (grasshoppers and mantids of the world).</p><p></p><p>A study was mentioned where mantids were fed bad tasting milkweed bugs (if i remember correctly) in which the mantis would disgard the bug after a few bites. Then, non bad-tasting beetles of similar size were painted with the same colouration as the milkweed bugs and the mantis ignored them.</p><p></p><p>Obviously this is only from someone elses studies and documentation but it would suggest that they have a basic capacity to learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyc666, post: 16948, member: 474"] I know this slightly veers from the point but one of you guys mentioned statistical analysis and it reminded me of something i read in a book (grasshoppers and mantids of the world). A study was mentioned where mantids were fed bad tasting milkweed bugs (if i remember correctly) in which the mantis would disgard the bug after a few bites. Then, non bad-tasting beetles of similar size were painted with the same colouration as the milkweed bugs and the mantis ignored them. Obviously this is only from someone elses studies and documentation but it would suggest that they have a basic capacity to learn. [/QUOTE]
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