@Marina – Here is a paragraph out of your fact sheet.
Many stick insects feign death to thwart predators, and some will shed the occasional limb to escape an enemy’s grasp. Others swipe at predators with their spine-covered legs, while one North American species, Anisomorpha buprestoides, emits a putrid-smelling fluid.
I guess I won’t be touching it! But I gotta take a picture though!
@Mr_M – I just watched Wall E and Iron Man at the drive in over the weekend so I am already a little spooked! I better go get my tea…