I STILL thing praying mantis’ are “alien like”! They are so cool.
Interesting that this critter, with its ability to see 180 degrees wasn’t among the “survival of the fittest” crowd. I’ve always wondered why some animals didn’t have actual eyes in the backs of their heads.
Other than my mom of course!
Praying Mantis are definitely ‘alien’ but cool!
True Story — I was walking home from a friend’s house late one summer night ... maybe 10:00 or so, still a little bit of light to see by. I decided to take the short-cut through the backyard between our houses, there was one spot where you had to squeeze between a fence post and a stand of forsythia bushes. As I was going thru’ I felt a big “hand” grab the back of my head, smacked at it and turned. It was BIG mantis, must have been in the bush and landed on me as I went by... now it was just sitting there turning it’s head and ‘blinking’ at me ... don’t know exactly why, but I have loved them ever since.