I have heard this rumor among my childhood friends logn time ago. They said that a praying mantis can cut your finger in two.
2006-10-04 02:30:48 · 9 answers · asked by vincent d 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
No that is not true. However, they will bite. During mating the female mantid will bite the head off of the male at the end of the mating process.
2006-10-04 02:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by APBT lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, my little girl caught one yesterday and I held it for her. I don't see how a praying mantis can have the strength to cut a human finger off. Perhaps this comes from the fact that they can and do rip bugs apart. However, bugs are much smaller.
2006-10-04 02:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Robert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See this link for a praying mantis killing a hummingbird! I'd keep my fingers away from it if I were you, looks like it could pierce a human finger just as easily, but not cut it off.
2006-10-04 02:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Behhar B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it develop into given its call because some individual who has for sure considered someone pray, or had themselves prayed, recognized the pose. That praying mantis isn't tied to faith in any respect except the unlucky call.
2016-12-04 06:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by bainter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, that's just an urban legend.
I believe that this started from a totally different animal, the "mantis shrimp", see
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mantisdisfaqs.htm
2006-10-04 02:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also heard they can jump into your nose, but untill I see one actually crawl into somebodies nose, I aint believin that. They are wierd creatures alright, (their mating habits are wierder than wierd, head bites and all), but they dont and cant chop peoples fingers off.
2006-10-04 02:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by kevoh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, But Steve O can swallow one and puke it back up on to a plate and it's still alive! You have to see it man! - Johnny Knoxville
2006-10-04 02:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
impossible, it would need the strength of 10
2006-10-04 02:32:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, it's pincers are not that strong, it cant even pierce the humna flesh
2006-10-04 02:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by alfred u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋