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Default Profile: Praying Mantid (Sphodromantis spec.) - 02-02-2009, 09:26 AM

The praying mantids are associated with diverse religious and pharmacological beliefs. Mantis means fortune teller of prophet in Greek. In China, the mantis are believed to cure anything from impotence to goiter. It is also believed that giving your children the mantis’ roasted egg cases helps the children stop bed wetting, but you must eat the egg cases after taking some food or else you risk becoming sick. These assumptions are interesting but no research has been carried out to ascertain whether these ancient claims are true.

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