Snails with praying mantis
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If the mantis can grab it ,it will eat it.
minomantis
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I would stay away from that combo. I know snails can hide in their shell, but I’m pretty sure snails/slugs also produce a very sticky mucus when stressed that could be dangerous for the mantis. Dangerous in that it would take a lot of energy to clean off if it could. Personally, I wouldn’t tempt it, but if you do, good luck. Maybe research snails defense mechanisms so you know what they’re capable of. Good luck!
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MrGhostMantis
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Snails have mucus that can stick a mantis to the walls of the enclosure/drown it or cause it to lose blood flow in a body part rendering it useless. They also can carry bacteria and a mantis will eat just about anything it can grab that moves so it’s just a obvious no to keeping them communal.
