Personally I love when they'll just suddenly snap their head towards you and judge you like a cat. It's also cute when they'll wiggle their little arms when they want on you.
What's your favorite thing about mantises?
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Curiosity
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I like that they're not needy and are fine with spending time alone. Same thing I like about cats. Dogs are just too much for me.
I also admire their strength and speed as hunters. If you sized them up a great deal, you would end up with dragons
I also admire their strength and speed as hunters. If you sized them up a great deal, you would end up with dragons
I like it when you poke their abdomen and they'll look at your finger like it's the single most offensive thing on Earth.I like that they're not needy and are fine with spending time alone. Same thing I like about cats. Dogs are just too much for me.
I also admire their strength and speed as hunters. If you sized them up a great deal, you would end up with dragons
Introvertebrate
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From Alien, 1979I like that they're not needy and are fine with spending time alone. Same thing I like about cats. Dogs are just too much for me.
I also admire their strength and speed as hunters. If you sized them up a great deal, you would end up with dragons
Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert: You admire it.
Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Easy to care for. 
If they could make noise, you know full well they'd scream like cats at us for food.Easy to care for.
Mystymantis
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I like it when they observe their surroundings by looking all around and swaying back and forth. Its also really cool when they threat display.
That's also one of the things I love as well. It's always interesting to see them be curious about their surroundings even if it is just to observe. I love it you can be doing literally nothing and their head will just snap towards you. When one of my Otomantis does it, it's the cutest thing ever. It's like a little cat glaring at you.
KatieQuake111
Don't Sass Me
I like when they sway to mimic a leaf. And stare at me.
KatieQuake111
Don't Sass Me
Exactly!!
mine probably judge my constant singing, tendency to run around my rearing setup naked, and incessant consumption of diet coke! like if I run out of cold diet coke in the fridge I'll doordash a large from 7-eleven or mcdonald's...
We all have our vices. Coffee is mine if you've noticed my mantises names. I can't go a day without at least 2-3 cups. Also running around your setup naked is entirely valid. The only reason I can't do that is because I still live with my family.
Mantises are just bug-cats that live to judge us. Might as well have some fun while they do it.
I drink 8-20 cups of espresso a day
it started when my trauma made it hard to sleep so I compensated by drinking coffee, then I used coffee to suppress my appetite when my eating disorder first developed (fun fact if you go long enough without eating you stop feeling hungry)
now i'm a high-strung and stressed grad student who relies on caffeine just to function
i drank 3 espresso shots and then fell back to sleep just this morning!
I occasionally drink entire pots of coffee just for the heck of it but woah dude. That's intense.
