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I wanted to see some pictures, this paper has good ones: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.10332 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/1
by hedgehog 3mo ago
I wanted to see some pictures, this paper has good ones:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.10332 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.10332
If you put your finger in front of a garden slug it may try to eat it, it's a very odd sand-paper sensation but I never knew why.
- Sharlin 3mo agoAnalogous to the keratinous denticles in a cat tongue, just much smaller in scale.
- deepsun 3mo ago"try"? If it's harder than your skin it means it did, not tried.
- hedgehog 3mo agoIt may have gotten a nibble but empirically I still have a finger :)
- dylan604 3mo agoDoesn't mean you were not bitten though.
- recursive 3mo agoIf it wasn't accidental, that bite represents an attempt to bite.
- Brian_K_White 3mo agoIt does mean they were not eaten.
- jayd16 3mo agoJust because it's harder doesn't mean it necessarily has the strength to tear off skin.
- ozyschmozy 3mo agoA steel door is certainly harder than my skin and also certainly can't be used to "bite" me or puncture my skin (save for crushing it given enough force)
- xboxnolifes 3mo agoJust because you succeeded doesn't mean you didn't try.
- nvader 3mo agoLife is like a box of noodles
- aiisjustanif 3mo agoWell that was more disturbing than I thought it would be.
- horacemorace 3mo agoGarden snails around seattle will absolutely bite you (teeny tiny bite) and draw blood if you let them crawl around on your skin.
- eth0up 3mo agoBeware of strongyloids. Or apparently to maintain complexity of taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongyliasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongyliasis Or rat (snail/slug) lungworm
- hedgehog 3mo agoAny article with headings "Eye invasion" and "Lumbar puncture" is bound to be a good time.
- EdwardDiego 3mo agoA teenager in Australia died due to this after eating a dog slug as a dare.
- latexr 3mo agoI heard about that when it happened, but hadn’t realised it took nine years with a coma, paralysis, and seizures. It must’ve been horrifying for everyone involved, including the mates who dared him. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-paralysed-eventually-killed-after-36186316 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-paralysed-even...
- sashank_1509 3mo agoTouchy subject and Im not commenting on this specific case that I have no idea about, but for this class of cases (ruptured spine, paralysis, coma) MAID seems better than prolonging life, especially if there’s no hope for full healthy recovery.
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