Yeah there was a post of couple ticks really up close. Totally skeeved me out. Last week I pulled one off my dog on every walk we took. Found a couple just crawling around my computer desk for the first time ever. This season has been horrible in my area. I'm totally over ticks.
Yeah they suck. About a decade ago, I got alpha gal from a tick bite. Found out because my weekly steak turned my intestinal system into a sock full of gravel. Took several months, but I got over it.
NGL, I think alpha gal allergy is a force for good in the world. Climate change is increasing the range of the lone star tick. Humanity is paying the price for their hubris. I hope everyone becomes allergic to meat and we stop killing the animals.
They give birth to up to 30 live babies at a time every 2 months up to 3 times a year, and they're fully sexually mature in 6 months. Imagine how many I'll have soon!
Rather see this than the fucking ticks from earlier today.
Ew, there were ticks?
I do have one in a small jar of alcohol, but that's not a thing I typically do; I just pulled one off my dog and disposed of it that way.
Yeah there was a post of couple ticks really up close. Totally skeeved me out. Last week I pulled one off my dog on every walk we took. Found a couple just crawling around my computer desk for the first time ever. This season has been horrible in my area. I'm totally over ticks.
Yeah they suck. About a decade ago, I got alpha gal from a tick bite. Found out because my weekly steak turned my intestinal system into a sock full of gravel. Took several months, but I got over it.
NGL, I think alpha gal allergy is a force for good in the world. Climate change is increasing the range of the lone star tick. Humanity is paying the price for their hubris. I hope everyone becomes allergic to meat and we stop killing the animals.
Yeah I mean, I get it. I like meat, but I also hate the factory farm conditions and all the animal abuse that comes along with it. I prefer wild game.
I'm not afraid of them. I just dislike them.
Sorry, lol was gonna spam them then realized the fediverse is too small.
Is this macrophotography? Or is that roach 3 feet long?
Roaches are, technically, 3 feet long. And two feet wide.
But seriously, this one is about.. 60mm? Somewhere in there. About 2.3 inches.
Still a pretty big roach.
Oh yeah. And they go "SSSS!"
That's…that's nightmare fuel.
They give birth to up to 30 live babies at a time every 2 months up to 3 times a year, and they're fully sexually mature in 6 months. Imagine how many I'll have soon!
Aaaahhhhhh!
Lol.
😂
Bombin's cockroaches, hell yeah!
How are the babies doing?
No babies yet! I'll be sure to update when they arrive - and I noticed I actually have 2 expecting mothers instead of just one!