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No, female praying mantises engage in sexual cannibalism. They bite off the male's heads during copulation and that often causes the sperm to disseminate more vigorously, therefore benefiting the survival of the species.

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No. Usually, mantises don't live long enough to see their young, but, even if one did, she'd be bigger and would eat them instead.

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a praying mantis wiloleat certin meat like cooked chicken

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yes a newly hatched mantis first meal is often its own brother or sister!

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No!

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