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Kamacuras are major antagonists in the 1967 Japanese kaiju film Son of Godzilla.

United Nations weather manipulation experiments on Solgell Island have generated enough radioactive waste to mutate several praying mantises into gigantic beasts.

Appearance

Kamacuras are enormous brown praying mantises with spiked forelimbs and spherical yellow eyes.

Powers and Abilities

Kamacuras possess the following powers and abilities:

  • Enormous size
  • Flight
  • Powerful forelimbs
  • Tough exoskeleton

Fate

Godzilla killed two of the three Kamacuras and the third was killed by the giant spider Kumonga.

Trivia

  • In Son of Godzilla, the Kamacuras were portrayed via marionette puppets.

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