Depending on their gender, they will resemble either leaves or twigs. The females take on the role of a green leaf (as seen above). Males do a great job of impersonating a brown twig. Either way, this is a superb camouflaging technique that is used to escape detection of predators.

If a walking leaf is attacked, it will defend itself by kicking out with its sharp, spiny legs. In their thorax, they can also excrete a liquid that is corrosive to predators. This is useful because they are too slow to run away from a predator. Therefore, they simply shoot out a liquid at a predator.

Malaysian walking leafs have the ability to regenerate lost limbs. This means that they can regrow any body parts that happened to be removed.

Females have the ability to reproduce asexually. Therefore, if there aren’t males around, the females can still create offspring and survive in their environment.