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I’m not sure if I mentioned it on my other animal blog or here, I LOVE caterpillars, but the idea of touching one terrifies me! Even seeing pictures of other people handling harmless ones gives me the willies. Their spikes and fluff and warning colorations absolutely work on me, I don’t want to mess with them! Complete opposite of edible! Maybe I was a hungry predator in a past life who fucked around and found out?

Oddly enough, most venomous snakes are shaped like friends to me! I know better not to, but they look soooo touchable.

#ask #caterpillar #invertabrate #reptile #fluffy inverts are suspicious I have new world tarantulas and fluff is not for touching #fluff is ouch #looooove bees but they also are in the category of fluff equals ouch #if it’s not a mammal and is fluffy i assume urticating hairs #or a stinger somewhere #like velvet ants #which I LOVE #I am a huge invert lover don’t get me wrong #their defense mechanisms just work really well on me #if they say don’t touch me I believe them #I wish gaboon vipers were not venomous they look like such big fat babies #and I hear good things about them in venom labs #I want to squeeze their cheeks #my favorite snake species

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