Gallium is pretty nasty stuff and is much harder to clean than Mercury. Try getting a Ga droplet on your clothes; it will literally never come out. It is also a

Gallium is pretty nasty stuff and is much harder to clean than Mercury. Try getting a Ga droplet on your clothes; it will literally never come out. It is also a heavy metal, so it is not something you want to play around with outside of a closed jar. Its not THAT dangerous, but in the short run neither is Hg, but they are both not great long term.