Hahahahahahahah... "To hug"... yeah, you bet. Too funny, but a nice photo. I find it funny, as well, that it sees this giant shape of a photographer looming over it and it's willing to take you on, arms raised in the attack position. Even though the pet mantis I had in Japan was used to us guys, when we took him out of his cage he would do the same thing.
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