Thursday, October 20, 2005

Look!

I found a new preying mantis today.


See? I have a new pet! Posted by Picasa


Can he come in, Mom? Posted by Picasa

And you know what else? A second one came by later this evening, too, so I really have two new pets! Only it was too dark to get a good picture of her.

12 comments:

  1. Wow! Two new little friends. Know what? A couple of days ago I think I saw Warren or maybe it was Emma. It was all rainy and mom had just finished taking me out for a walk so I could wade in my favorite after-the-rain place for wading and after we came inside mom (aunt m) called your mom to say how cute I was. Then, just before dark a sort of soggy Coopers Hawk came flying through our patio and landed a few feet away on the little fence around the air conditioner! I got so excited I lept off the couch and ran into the bedroom to get a better look and sure enough it was a Cooper's Hawk and mom said it looked a lot like Warren or maybe Emma. He was close to the bedroom window and I chirped but he flew away.
    Your cousin Shilgiah.

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  2. We wonder how they know to come to your house. Maybe you mom will let it in to play.

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  3. i agree, you should let them in 'specially 'cause winter is coming. will you name them?

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  4. That's neat that you have TWO new pets! I think you should tell your mom they need to come in from the cold, and that you should have a naming contest like Raspberry Snack.

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  5. William, you're soooo lucky! I don't have any praying mantis things anywhere. Momma says we've only had one here the whole time she's lived here. Way a'fore I did.

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  6. Neat William. I don't have any green friends. At least not so far. I hope your Mom lets them in.

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  7. hope you get to keep your new pets! it's so nice that they came to find you to see if you wanted to play!
    meep & Buzzerbee

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  8. If you keep them as pets does that mean you gotta feed them? What do they eat anyways? Is there a Stinky Goodness for mantis critters?

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  9. Thanks everybody! I think my mom might be a little more convinced that I should keep them! Maybe.

    Shilgiah--how fun that you might have seen one of my pet hawks! But be careful--I know you have a lot of little birds at your house, so make them fly away if Warren (or Emma) comes back!

    Sanjee--my bro Eddie told me that once Mom did take a preying mantis in, because it was getting cold and the little mantis had just been sitting on the wall right outside her door for days. Mom made her a little terrarium to live in and did some research on what to feed her. Mom learned they prefer live insects. Well, Mom actually got her a little spider. Eddie guesses it was not the right flavor spider because the mantis wouldn't eat it. But do you know what she did finally eat?? Fancy Feast TUNA!! Honest! Mom fed her by hand with a little tuna on the end of a toothpick. Eddie tried to help but Mom wouldn't let him.

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  10. My Mom is so terrified of those things. We'd have to move if we saw that many of 'em here.

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  11. You or your mommy shouldn't be scared of them, Ginger, really! They wouldn't do anything mean to us. They don't jump at you or fly at you or bite you, and they eat all kinds of bad bugs. Plus, they can turn their heads to look right at you, kinda like you and me, so that's pretty fun. You can't get a spider or a beetle to do that!

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  12. tuna on a stick. pretty cool. your Mom is a pretty devoted bug Mom.

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Wowee meowee.