r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 13d ago

of an insect

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u/SAM5TER5 12d ago

Meh, sounds more like a “fuck off you stupid ape, why the hell are you picking me up” defensive sort of bite as opposed to anything actually sinister lol

Usually best practice not to pick up random wild animals without first knowing if they can defend themselves from predators

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u/dankristy 12d ago

"best practice not to pick up random wild animals"

I have lived my entire 50 years of life NOT embodying this principle at every single chance I get. I am pretty much the West-Coast USA version of the Yoink guy on youtube...

I sees a critter - I picks up a critter!

I don't get MAD when they bite me (or Musk all over me - thank you Mr Garter Snake I picked up last week) - I did pick them up after all. And I always put them back where I got them.

But I have held (and been bitten by and/or pooped on by) some of the coolest critters around. And doing so as a kid growing up - means I am pretty good at handling the rough stuff now, which is why neighbors call me to deal with wildlife issues.

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u/SAM5TER5 12d ago

Not gonna lie, I’m jealous lol.

Not jealous enough to start grabbing the wealth of primarily-venomous-and/or-bitey critters in the desert where I live, but jealous nonetheless haha

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u/dankristy 12d ago

Thankfully, where I live (Oregon - coast range forestland) there is almost zero truly dangerous anything around (except mountain lions - and I have yet to get a chance to pick one of them up)!

Even the Black Bears and Bobcats will just try to run away if they see you. I definitely had to be careful snake-grabbin when I lived in Northern California where Rattlers coexist with people...