Scariest animal smaller than your foot?
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All grand entries, to be sure. However, I believe I have the most terrifying.
The banana slug.
Once while I was barefooted outdoors, enjoying a pleasantly moist day, I noticed a banana slug on my foot, trying to eat my toe. Suddenly, I noticed more slugs coming my way. I ran, screaming, from the voracious horde as I still do to this day when I'm bare-footed outdoors and see a banana slug.
In fact, I believe banana slugs to be one of the most vicious and pathological predators of human beings on the planet. There are only TWO reasons we don't hear more horror stories of banana slug related deaths.
First: They're not very smart. They can't plan ahead, use tools, or lure their prey with
subtle bait.
Second: And this is the IMPORTANT thing to remember if you're ever in a life-threatening
situation where a banana slug has the upper hand. They are very very slow.
It will devour you
The banana slug.
Once while I was barefooted outdoors, enjoying a pleasantly moist day, I noticed a banana slug on my foot, trying to eat my toe. Suddenly, I noticed more slugs coming my way. I ran, screaming, from the voracious horde as I still do to this day when I'm bare-footed outdoors and see a banana slug.
In fact, I believe banana slugs to be one of the most vicious and pathological predators of human beings on the planet. There are only TWO reasons we don't hear more horror stories of banana slug related deaths.
First: They're not very smart. They can't plan ahead, use tools, or lure their prey with
subtle bait.
Second: And this is the IMPORTANT thing to remember if you're ever in a life-threatening
situation where a banana slug has the upper hand. They are very very slow.
It will devour you
Damn you, that was a scary picture!!AvsJoe said:It's really tough not to go with this little guy:The wolf spider. Usually between 1 and 30 cm and the star of many nightmares (including yours).
After reading this [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1357179.htm], this title officially belongs to the Brazilian wandering spider.
I encourage you to read the article, as it really isn't very long, but it's long enough to describe how fucking evil this fucker is.
To those too impatient to read, let me tell you about this thing. So this guy gets bitten by the spider, right? This spider had been in a freezer for a while, but to make sure it was dead, this guy pours boiling water over it, traps it in a jar, and microwaves it. The fucker shakes it off and tries to get out of the jar.
This thing survives microwaves. There is no God.
I encourage you to read the article, as it really isn't very long, but it's long enough to describe how fucking evil this fucker is.
To those too impatient to read, let me tell you about this thing. So this guy gets bitten by the spider, right? This spider had been in a freezer for a while, but to make sure it was dead, this guy pours boiling water over it, traps it in a jar, and microwaves it. The fucker shakes it off and tries to get out of the jar.
This thing survives microwaves. There is no God.
Scorpions disturb me deeply, on several levels: not only are they freaky-looking (completely unlike anything else), they tend to set up the worst, most horrible ambushes. To wit: I was out camping in the desert when I was a kid. Woke up, grabbed my boots, only to have my dad say "WOAH WOAH! WAIT!!! Shake out your boots before you put them on. Scorpions are attracted to moisture and love to hide in people's boots."
sure enough, there was a scorpion in each of my boots!
hatehateHATE the freaky, alien-looking fuckers now.
EDIT: Black Widow spiders are a close second. They just look evil. When I was a teenager, I worked as a cable installer in new subdivisions (this was in the deep South of the USA). The guy who trained me taught me that the dark and damp insides of the street cable box terminus (where you connect a subscriber's home to) is the perfect environment for them, and when you opened those boxes, you better be wearing heavy gloves and be ready to jump back. Sure enough, at least half of the cable boxes I opened working that job had black widow spider about the size of a half-dollar in them. I got very adept at hosing out those boxes...
sure enough, there was a scorpion in each of my boots!
hatehateHATE the freaky, alien-looking fuckers now.
EDIT: Black Widow spiders are a close second. They just look evil. When I was a teenager, I worked as a cable installer in new subdivisions (this was in the deep South of the USA). The guy who trained me taught me that the dark and damp insides of the street cable box terminus (where you connect a subscriber's home to) is the perfect environment for them, and when you opened those boxes, you better be wearing heavy gloves and be ready to jump back. Sure enough, at least half of the cable boxes I opened working that job had black widow spider about the size of a half-dollar in them. I got very adept at hosing out those boxes...
Spiders, all kinds. When I was 5 I was bitten by a black widow and was in the hospital for a few days. Then about a year ago I saw a camel spider at the zoo, though its a lot bigger then my foot it freaked me the hell out of me!
My Lovebird... She is a little green demon.
But in all seriousness, a Brown Recluse. I hate those things with their flesh eating venom and they're just plain creepy looking.
But in all seriousness, a Brown Recluse. I hate those things with their flesh eating venom and they're just plain creepy looking.
