Oh, and back to the praying (preying) mantis... before the tongs incident there was a praying mantis hanging out on the trellis where I hang a hummingbird feeder and I asked my hubby to get it off for me - when he grabbed it, it pulled its arms (or spiked raptorial forelegs) up over and behind its head and grabbed ahold of dh's hand, then it proceeded to turn its head around and bite him!!!!
Sooooo, when it was hanging upside down on the feeder, hubby declined to get it for me and I went and got the tongs.