Ive seen a mantis turn its head, that cant be the only one can it? Ants?

preying mantis, I think. I have seen them turn their heads.

1) Some people are talking about 360 degrees: "The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis." Source: http://www.oddrob.com/bugfacts.asp I don't know if there are many other animals who can do this! 2) Others stay by 180 degrees: "The front portion of the thorax (prothorax), the region just behind the head, is also greatly elongated, forming a necklike structure; mantises are the only insects that can turn their heads to look directly behind them." Source: http://www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=656 Here we are talking about 180 degrees... "It has been shown that this insect is capable of stereoscopic vision, allowing it to accurately gauge distances as do most mammalian predators; it uses the extreme mobility of its head (a mantis can turn its head fully 180 degrees and their vision covers 300 degrees) to use parallax (the apparent movement of an object against a more distant background) as a reinforcement to the binocular triangulation." Source: http://www.cirrusimage.com/mantidae_praying_mantis.htm 3) Many tell just about turning their heads: "There is only one insect that can turn its head -- the praying mantis." Source: http://www.factsnfacts.com/living_beings_facts/insects_facts/general_facts/ "The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!" Source: http://www.dublinzoo.ie/strange_true.htm 4) Here they swivel *and* pivot their head: "They have a fully articulated head, and are able to swivel it 180 degrees as well as pivot it." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praying_mantis 5) Maybe they are the only insects which can turn their heads 180 or 360 degrees, but they don't seem to be the only ones which can turn their heads: "Flies can move their heads about all 3 bodyaxes: ±20° yaw about the vertical axis, ±20° pitch about thetransverse axis, and ± 90° roll about the longitudinal body axis." Source and further information: http://www.kyb.mpg.de/publications/pdfs/pdf539.pdf

praying mantis i sturdy them alot