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It's a neurotoxin that the kick out of their front legs, the centipedes, so not only does it hurt, but it makes you moodswingy, paranoid and miserable... and they come right back in if you take them outside, and take several hammer blows, literally, to smash them. I like the look, and how they rear up and don't back down from a fight - good for them - but they're just too dangerous to leave be.
Which, I suppose, people could say for bees and wasps, but I've never had a problem with them, even in close proximity.
And thirding the reptile admiration. Visiting the LA Zoo recently, I was quite enamored with this fellow, an alligator who was found in LA, captured, escaped, and was captured again. And seems awfully proud of himself. Reggie thumbs his alligatorial nose at these upstart mammals! |
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