fear
When I see a spider, or a moth, or any other small, moving thing that I don't like, for ages afterwards I'm really jumpy and nervous about any slight movement I see around me.
I'm not scared of massive dogs barking and trying to bite me, or rats that might have polio or whatever, but I'm scared of moths that I'm not even sure have teeth. Why?!
07 February 2009 @ 07:13
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I'm often frightened of the old Daddy Long Legs. In my defence they have the most poisonous venom of any of god's creatures. Luckily they also have no teeth, so perhaps I should be less of a wuss.
Iffalicious
09 February 2009 @ 06:12
really?? the common , usual daddy long legss that come in in the autumn and fly in your face? blimey!! i think i'm justified in being scared of them.
if they have no teeth how do they eat? and what's the point of them being poisonous?
penfold
10 February 2009 @ 13:57
I think the myth abou the venom of Daddy Long-Legs' (such a hard word to pluralise) is just that: a myth. I asked a relatively famous person on the subject matter at a lecture, and he denounced it as a misconception that has unforunately spread to become common, and although harmless, annoys him when every time he gives a lecture somebody asks him whether the long-legged insects are poisonous or not.
Gregremlin
11 February 2009 @ 15:21
No I think it's true. In terms of poison per unit venom they have the most... it's just that they're so small that they have next to no venom, therefore making them not particularly venomous in terms of raw venom data.
But either way. Something with legs that long probably shouldn't be trusted.
mzyaraw
14 February 2009 @ 12:40
No I think it's true. In terms of poison per unit venom they have the most... it's just that they're so small that they have next to no venom, therefore making them not particularly venomous in terms of raw venom data.
But either way. Something with legs that long probably shouldn't be trusted.
mzyaraw
14 February 2009 @ 15:14
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