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Actually, the strike was defensive in nature and was with a closed dactyl. I (and the male)were lucky that it wasn't a feeding strike. I'm sure the barbed dactyl spines would have embedded in my hand and I would have had to rip off the raptorial appendage. As it was, the impact was on the knuckle. It left a nasty bruise with swelling, but lots of ice (applied from the inside of a glass) helped. It certainly was not the worst injury I've received from a stomatopod, but it was one of the dumber ones I've gotten. I'm normally careful working with large stomatopods, but dropped my guard for a second and paid the price.
Roy
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