Being the token bug guy in the house is so funny sometimes. Today there was a slug on the veranda, so naturally I moved it to a bush so no one would step on it. And everyone was like 😱😱😱😱😖omg!!!🤯🤯💥💥you TOUCHED IT????🤮🤮🤢😭😭😨😨are you ok???🥺🥺😭💔💔💔did it BITE you????😨😢😱😱
[ID: an illustration of a bright yellow slug against a purple-ish wood textured background. Surrounding the slug are various leaves, seeds, and lichen. End.]
A spider on its web. Woodcut illustration from a 1547 edition of the natural history encyclopedia Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), originally published in 1491. Photo credit: Wellcome Images/Wellcome Trust.
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It's not everyday that you get excited that your friend gave you crabs but here we are! Thanks @doomcheese! I love them 😍 Here's a little drabble I wrote just for you because I think you might like creepy little creatures:
“Eddie, stop bringing me crabs.”
“But they want to meet you!” Eddie says, excitedly shoving yet another tiny crab toward Steve’s face in his cupped palms. “Look how happy this little guy is!”
The crab rears back, pulling itself down into a defensive position before charging a few little side steps and brandishing a claw like a little battle ax.
“Aawwww,” Eddie coos, “he’s like a tiny little barbarian!”
It’s barely bigger than a quarter so Steve’s not cowed. He just sighs and points to the outcropping of rocks with their puddles of teaming tidepools.
Grumbling, Eddie takes the crab back, gently releasing it back where he found it. Steve watches him with a smile. He’d known that Eddie had never seen a beach before but his absolute joy upon discovering the tidepools had been a thing of beauty.
There’s a happy sounding squeal, much like the five year old who’d been here earlier, then Eddie is sneaking slowly around to another of the pools. Steve hears him mutter “roll for stealth.” And then he dips one hand into the pool.
When Eddie sits back up, he’s got a small octopus, no bigger than his palm, clinging to his fingers. The grin he turns toward Steve is all teeth and happiness. Steve wants to kiss him silly.
“Careful, they love shiny—“ the octopus slides off of Eddie’s hand and plops back into the water, probably nestling itself between some rocks or back into a little cave. “—things.” Steve warns too late, eyes focused on Eddie’s now empty middle finger. The skull ring missing.
Throwing his head back, Eddie laughs gleefully, “So octopuses are rogues. Noted. I’ll guard my shiny bits next time.” Flashing another grin at Steve, he clamors over to the next pool like a toddler looking for trouble.
Our annual post of hair-raising critters is here! The scale of the bugs on the borders is especially troubling...
(We’ll also be posting another creepy entry closer to Halloween, so stay tuned!)
These images are from a donation of hundreds of religious themed engravings and illustrations. We have determined a subcollection of these is from the Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher die Physica sacra, oder beheiligte Naturwissenschafft derer in Heil. Augspurg & Ulm: Gedruckt bey Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.