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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Frank</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">NomoreGarciaparra</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Frank</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">mrmatthew</strong> said:</div><div><img src="http://www.wonderquest.com/2007-01-22-praying-mantis-india.jpg" alt="" /></div></blockquote>
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	What's evil about a preying mantis? They're most fascinating.<br />
	Actually most cultures see them as a symbol for good luck.</div></blockquote>
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	I haven't seen one for years and years.  Amazing and beautiful creatures.  The (sub)urban legend when I was a kid was that they were protected by law and there was a fine of $50 if you killed one.  It didn't seem like enough.<br />
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	The brown ones looked sharp, too:<br />
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	<img src="http://www.blacksunjournal.com/wp-content/images/praying-mantis-cu.jpg" alt="" /></div></blockquote>
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	I've seen many different species in Africa but just last fall a large green one about 5 inches long ended in our bedroom here in Brooklyn. I have some pictures somewhere of young ones hatching from their eggs just next to our terrace back in Guinea. They look like shrimp and they descend from the egg that's usually attached to twigs in a bush on fine strings, then they land someplace and quickly fold into a mini mantis and only about 1 or 2 hours old they're already hunting for small lice and shit. Fascinating stuff!</div></blockquote>
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	It is.  I feel bad for a lot of kids these days here in America who don't seem to get to know nature very well, if at all.

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