Walking Stick

[PVumbe]

Just wondering. If you squash it, will blood splurt out?

[beliebherd]

Im gonna buy one at our pet store :D

[1824cyclone]

YOU! can tell straight out, flat out, IT'S COMPUTERIZED....

people don't i repeat, DON'T think it's real..

srry 4 spellin errors.

[Refardt]

@1824cyclone :-) By the time I would have needed to learn how to computerize such a bug I would have found dozens of real ones!

[rohanian11]

i live in ontario. is there any comonly found there.

sorry for my spelling errors.

[Refardt]

@rohanian11 Google for "Are stick insects common to Eastern Ontario Canada?"

[gilmore7888]

the worlds thinnest bug

[muradramman]

does it bite???

[askandaa67]

@muradramman naaah :P

[okaminess]

those are so cool.

[Refardt]

@ tyra696 :-) it's actually my brother's arm...

[tyra696]

brave!! I would never let it crawl on me!!!

[Septagotius]

Can it bite?

[Refardt]

@Septagotius I don't think so. At least it didn't show any aggressiveness while walking over our hands and arms.

[Septagotius]

@Refardt I want one!

Can it be found in Florida?

[Refardt]

@Septagotius Looks like. Just google "Diapheromera femorata florida" and take the first hit.

[Septagotius]

@Refardt Doesn't look like I can buy eggs.

How do I find them?

[Refardt]

@Septagotius Hm, you will just have to talk a walk in the forest. But it seems that Florida is a the edge of their range, so they might not be very common. Diapheromera femorata likes oaks and hazelnut in particular, so you might want to look for them there. And of course during summer, when they are really active.

And then you want to google "Walking Stick Insects - The perfect insect pet", the top hit is really informative.

Over and out.

[Septagotius]

@Refardt Thanks bro!

[cyphi1]

I don't know why, but I wonder if people eat those somewhere in the world.

[BMXBOBO]

Will it blend?

[Refardt]

@BMXBOBO In a blender? Sure. With the background? Yes, very well. The best way to find one in a tree full of little twigs is to try and look at a large part of the tree and wait until you see a twig that moves in the wind while there is actually no wind. That's your walking stick.

[Septagotius]

@BMXBOBO The real question is..

But is it drivable?

[BlameItOnTheWhiteMan]

SARAH JESSICA PARKER

[ufofan1980]

I didn't know Sarah Jessica Parker lived in New Zealand.

[sassymiklala]

i stipped on one once :D

[shamshizzle158]

mantis?

[Refardt]

@shamshizzle158

nope, that's not a mantis. That's a completely different insect. Check it out on wikipedia!

[coleboy44andAhalf]

i woul be like

I WONDER IT HAS WOOD OR BLOOD

snap OOOPPPPSSSSS

[1824cyclone]

computerized!!

perfect effects

how ju do it

niz. vid.

[Ashxela]

@1824cyclone you think this is computerized? if so search it on google wikipedia of walking stick there you can see it for your self

[1824cyclone]

@Ashxela WOW.. searched it up, turned out it waz real....

THANKX!! preciate it!

Praying Mantis Stick!

[mythreekitties]

What a fascinating creature!!!!

[Steggman]

0:22 OMG!

Arrrrrrrrrgghhgg!!!! 

Run away!!!

[p3dR0h1]

:( today I accidently killed one woops but there kinda hard to find

[AlysonRox8989]

where do you find it? can you find it in ca?

[Billycrash4]

Refard first evoultion dosnt exist second it was just born probably like that smbz

[smbz821]

it's butt looks like it was ripped off a tree like a normal stick! how can insects who can't think know how to camouflage!

[Refardt]

@smbz821 This one example of how evolution works. I hope I don't spark a thread here of pro- and anti-evolutionists, but that's how I see it. The ancestor of this bug looked a little bit like a stick and gradually changed it's appearance from generation to generation. It didn't work on it to become more stick-like though: It's just that those variants that looked more stick-like benefited from their enhanced camouflage, survived and had offspring. That's evolution by natural selection.

[terroristu07]

walking stick FTW

[smarte861]

can that thing bite you????

[gattorosso71]

Meraviglioso, meraviglioso!!!

[hunterz132]

whats up with its front leg?

[SeaCoastGirl1987]

It's a stick with eyeballs lol.

[FireJon145]

that thing is so skinny a little pebble could probebly kill it......

[cjdietze33]

truly fantastic specimen

[shoopdacameron]

I like stick bugs hopefully Ill get one some day its funny how they move :D

[vanbaalen5]

omg i want to see one in life :O

[randomewolf]

i found one of theose in a tree and i picked it up it legs were folded so i dident know it was one i handed it to my freind we wer gona sword fight with tiny sticks and it poped open and started crawling on him then he threw ot on the gound screamd like a girl and then smashed it XD poor bug tho :(

[MrZar90]

never seen one in real life, but it looks extremely peaceful

[PantheraAtrox]

It is,

Found one at a local park and enjoyed it forat least for an hour in Oct 1995.

Awesome creature.

[lonleyproductions]

it looks like a stick 0_0

[MGSprodigy]

nice biceps lol jk

[JCough2012]

i used to have some... they had a bunch of babies so i got rid of them though

[buxbunny12]

no its harmless..

[Rest1313]

does it bite?wat does the blood look like?is it hard?

[iTylerIsTheName]

Break it

[greendaywillrock]

lol yea i wanna see whtat happens

[skeye665]

XD I like when it climbs up onto the camera

[codemonkey500]

Wow. That suckers preety fast.

[nasirnmeena]

where can u get them from never seen them but where can i get 1 from

[blayde10]

I used to have 2 of them :P

[GoldMindStudios]

i have never seen one befor. i have only seen them on tv.

[kryss119]

Neat how they wobble around like they're drunk to imitate a stick in the breeze.