A walking stick is any of about 3,000 species of slow-moving insects that are green or brown in color and bear a resemblance to twigs as a protective device. Walking sticks found in the tropics are the largest and most abundant.
Autotomy is a unique defense mechanism that you can find in walking sticks. When attacked or threatened, a walking stick can shed its legs or other body parts to escape. The detached limb continues to move, distracting the predator, and allowing the walking stick to survive. This remarkable ...
Stick insects lay eggs. Their young are born appearing like a tiny adult of their species. They climb up the plant that their egg was on, and begin eating the leaves. For months, stick insects molt and grow, until they reach adult size. Praying mantis females are larger than males, and...
You know, I never really knew my dad. And my mom died when... I was a little older than you are now. I still miss her all the time. For a long time, it was just the two of us. And we moved a lot, from job to job. But she always managed to keep us going.