Walking stick - making fun of Phasmatodea

A walking stick, belonging to the order Phasmatodea, photographed at Victory Butterfly Gardens.

When I was a boy growing up in Ontario, I spent a lot of time outdoors.  It's where my love of animals and invertebrates began. Sometimes I would find walking sticks.  They were not very large, less than four inches, which is negligible when it comes to walking sticks (see image here).  The record holder is from China at a whopping 30 inches (see video here).

I love the Pixar movie A Bug's Life, as there are a lot of insect puns.  Some of the best ones are about the walking stick.  If you want a chuckle, click here to see an excerpt.

We had a terrarium at school with a population of walking sticks indigenous to India, but we were told to get rid of them as they represented a dangerous invasive threat should they escape.  Given the fact that a single female can, without a male present, lay eggs parthenogenetically, even a single escapee could represent a major problem.  And the weird thing was that even predatory fish like Oscars wouldn't take them.  That's practically the definition of invasive.  Eats everything, reproduces like mad, and nothing eats it.

OK - walking stick jokes.

"Why does my stir stick have legs?"

How many walking sticks are needed to change a light bulb?  A lot, and they have to build scaffolding first.

Did you hear about the walking stick that was the boss?  He was a branch manager.

Why don't you use a walking stick instead of a cane?  Because when I do, it gets up and leaves.

What do you call a walking stick with beautiful hair?  Twiggy.

Two walking sticks walk into a forest.  No one ever sees them again.

Why do walking sticks not give massages?  Because when they do, a fire starts.

OK - those are mine - can you come up with better ones?

Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen     www.ericspix.com