DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIf you have been bitten by an animal badly enough to have to go to the emergency room, what bit you?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareIf you have been bitten by an animal badly enough to have to go to the emergency room, what bit you?DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
I’ve been bitten by a horse, snake (twice, years apart), cat, red back spider, dog (twice, weeks apart). What’s your count?
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·6 days agoA big darn dragonfly. It took quite a large chunk out of my arm, and it ended up badly infected in no time
minus-squareGingerlegs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 days agoThanks for this. New fear unlocked
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-26 days agoThat was in Crete, I don’t know why it attacked. It just randomly landed on my arm. It was almost as long as my arm, and I showed my little brother. Look at this thing, that shouldn’t be there And then I yeeted it off of my with a slap. It took quite a punch and did not follow after that.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoDunno know about Cretan dragons, but I’ve never even heard of someone getting bit in the South (US). I’m around them all time.
minus-squaretechnomad@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoI had no idea they would/could bite humans. Think you could share a link to the species or something?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThink one nipped me as a child, but I’m around them all the time and never heard of anyone getting bit. We get some absolute units down here! Would you like to know more? https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13603951
minus-squaretechnomad@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoThat was an excellent writeup, thanks for sharing
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoBest I can do is ask my grandma if she caught a glimpse of it. I was 14 back then
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoJust called her, she does not know either. But she did confirm that it was on Crete
A big darn dragonfly. It took quite a large chunk out of my arm, and it ended up badly infected in no time
Thanks for this. New fear unlocked
That was in Crete, I don’t know why it attacked. It just randomly landed on my arm. It was almost as long as my arm, and I showed my little brother.
And then I yeeted it off of my with a slap. It took quite a punch and did not follow after that.
Dunno know about Cretan dragons, but I’ve never even heard of someone getting bit in the South (US). I’m around them all time.
I had no idea they would/could bite humans. Think you could share a link to the species or something?
Think one nipped me as a child, but I’m around them all the time and never heard of anyone getting bit. We get some absolute units down here!
Would you like to know more?
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13603951
That was an excellent writeup, thanks for sharing
Best I can do is ask my grandma if she caught a glimpse of it. I was 14 back then
Did you ask her? Lol
Just called her, she does not know either. But she did confirm that it was on Crete