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Little guy scared the crap out of me this morning. (pawb.social)
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[–] 117 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Fun fact:

Snake venoms are generally classified into four main functional types: neurotoxic (attacking the nervous system), hemotoxic (disrupting blood clotting and destroying red blood cells), cytotoxic (destroying local cells and tissues), and myotoxic (causing rapid muscle breakdown).
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/snake/snake-facts/4-types-of-snake-venom/

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    Yes, I want to subscribe to Snake Facts

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Try here.

    @anon6789@lemmy.world's been doing a killer job with it. 🙂

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    I love my slithery friends! Met a chonky python at the zoo yesterday and got to give him pets. Even came home at night to a wiggly garter snake on the welcome mat. Glad I saw him in the shadows, I'd have felt terrible if I hurt it.

    I'd be happy to include some more snakes. They could always use positive coverage.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Sounds good!

    One thing I get a certain naughty kick out of is the way domestic cats (originally African wildcats) startle so easily when they see snake-like objects in the area. Makes perfect sense to me, though, as they'd be natural prey to various snakes across the greater range of their habitats.

    OTOH, on our end, we seem to be unusually scared of some animals, such as spiders, even though spiders for the most part are natural allies, especially in our homes. We so silly...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Those poor cats get spooked by those cucumbers... 😂

    The wife and I have reached a peace deal with spiders. She knows I leave them in the house, I just need to make sure she doesn't see them.

    My coworker and I have both been ensuring spiders get moved out of high human traffic areas.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Excellent!
    There's also the fact that most spiders have mouth-parts completely incapable of breaking human skin, so a little diagram or example of such might be worth finding and sharing with the wife?

    Now, whoever's reading may hate me for this, so go ahead and hate, but there's some interesting ideas here I wasn't aware of: (includes a boatload of high-quality supporting links, not unlike a good Wikipedia entry)

    https://chatgpt.com/share/6a876492-d118-83ea-9835-17f1868c8248

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

    This seems to be what she falls under. 😅

    She understands they are good, she just does not wish to knowingly share space with them due to her mind categorizing them as creepy-crawlies.

    Much like with most of my other friends, she's happy I have them, but she wishes to spend no time with them. 😂

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    And it's good to have friends like that, yeah?

    As in, those able to entertain competing ideas in their heads without cracking up, or painting you as the weirdo, etc.

    Hmm, question-- how much do / does your wife and friend-group get impacted by your animal-focused life? Do they 'catch the fever' to any certain extent? Do they follow your online work on the Fediverse or wherever else..?

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