Are praying mantises good pets?

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asked Apr 10, 2020 in Other- Pets by XRTR322 (420 points)
Are praying mantises good pets?

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answered Apr 10, 2020 by Shelde (49,390 points)
The praying mantis does make good pets but you should learn a lot about them first before getting a praying mantis as a pet.

If you do get a praying mantis as a pet you should also wear gloves when touching the praying mantis because they can bite.

The praying mantis is a pretty aggressive hunter and so it can be hard to feed the praying mantis properly but eventually the praying mantis will get used to eating what you give it.

A praying mantis is not dangerous to humans.

Although praying mantises can and do sometimes bite humans when they are picked up or touched the bite from a praying mantis is not dangerous and only causes a little bit of pain.

The bite is not poisonous to humans so there's no harm other than getting bitten by the praying mantis.

If you do pick up a praying mantis it's best to wear gloves.

The praying mantis is dangerous and deadly to grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, or even hummingbirds.

But to humans the praying mantis is harmless except for getting bitten possibly.

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