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General Non-Mantis Discussion
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How to break the stigma
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<blockquote data-quote="MantisGirl13" data-source="post: 315471" data-attributes="member: 10807"><p>[USER=10691]@Little Mantis[/USER] [USER=10104]@River Dane[/USER] I agree. It is sad how people can be so cruel to insects, especially mantids, because they are 'scary' or 'dangerous'. We insect keepers can make a difference, though, by letting people get to know us or our mantids, and then they realize how wrong they have been about mantids and other insects. I have already turned several sworn insect haters into people who are begging me to let them hold my mantids, and are enthusiastically telling me about how they 'kept a caterpillar alive for a whole week in their room', and so on. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>- MantisGirl13</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MantisGirl13, post: 315471, member: 10807"] [USER=10691]@Little Mantis[/USER] [USER=10104]@River Dane[/USER] I agree. It is sad how people can be so cruel to insects, especially mantids, because they are 'scary' or 'dangerous'. We insect keepers can make a difference, though, by letting people get to know us or our mantids, and then they realize how wrong they have been about mantids and other insects. I have already turned several sworn insect haters into people who are begging me to let them hold my mantids, and are enthusiastically telling me about how they 'kept a caterpillar alive for a whole week in their room', and so on. :) - MantisGirl13 [/QUOTE]
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