| Yep, that's right, I got a new pet yesterday. It's a Praying Mantis. Yes, it may be an insect, but they're still cool. It's fun to watch them eat, heh. They wait until their prey gets close enough, then they reach out with their front legs (which have barbed claws on them that actually hurt if they grab your finger or something) and grab the insect. They're so fast the other insect never has time to react until it's too late. Then they usually chew off the head first, before devouring the rest of the body. I tried to take a picture of it eating a moth last night, but the lighting in my room sucks.
I've been wanting to catch another Praying Mantis for quite a while. A couple years back I caught one in Spring, and kept it until Autumn when it finally died. It got so fat from me feeding it a couple beatles almost every day, heh. Now, after waiting a long time to find another one (they're not all that common around here), I've finally got one. So I'm happy about that. ^_^ | |
