Stuart89
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Right now I have 2 mantids, both africans of the same age from the same breeder, yet I can see very distinct differences between them. I found this pretty interesting, you wouldnt normally expect an insect to learn or personalise itself, but more of a simplistic mind that has already been programmed to do certain things with certain input. Is it just me that finds this cool?
One of my mantids, is a very active an ferocous hunter, simply dropping a cricket into the cup seals its death, the mantid runs after it and attacks it without the cricket actually having to move. The other, will not move after anything, and waits until the cricket is directly in front of him before he does anything. There are also a few other differences, if you look into the cup of mantis #1 (the active hunter) He will start to move and wonder around the cup, if you look into the cup of #2 (the waiter) he stays put as you would expect and doesnt move or anything.
Has anyone else noticed any personality differences between their mantids?
Will try the same when my ghosts arrive and see if they are all different.
Stuart.
One of my mantids, is a very active an ferocous hunter, simply dropping a cricket into the cup seals its death, the mantid runs after it and attacks it without the cricket actually having to move. The other, will not move after anything, and waits until the cricket is directly in front of him before he does anything. There are also a few other differences, if you look into the cup of mantis #1 (the active hunter) He will start to move and wonder around the cup, if you look into the cup of #2 (the waiter) he stays put as you would expect and doesnt move or anything.
Has anyone else noticed any personality differences between their mantids?
Will try the same when my ghosts arrive and see if they are all different.
Stuart.