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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I once accidentally ate a June bug while on my bicycle.

Im wondering how often this sort of thing happens to animals who move fast.

I also now never mouth breathe on my bike. Regardless if I'm winded or not. No more June bugs for me, thanks.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    If you're exerting yourself at all, you pretty much have to mouth breathe. The way I avoid gobbling up any flying insects is to keep my head down while breathing in. It's surprisingly effective.

    Slightly related, my son once had a bee go up his nose while we were out cycling. I say only slightly related because he wasn't actually going that fast; he was only about 8. He stopped suddenly, complaining about something going up his nose. Neither of us realised what had actually happened until he coughed up a still-squirming bee in a pool of phlegm.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    That's a nasty story but thanks for sharing. Glad he didn't get stung in the sinuses. I can't imagine how much that would have hurt.

    Hopefully our stories help people understand the risk of bugs when biking.

    Yeah if I get super winded I do like a very small mouth opening. But mostly try to keep that closed.

    I also, luckily, wear big glasses and have had quite a few bugs smack against them.

    I don't know what the solution is since wearing a face shield is super hot and can fog up.

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