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Walking Sticks - Dangerous or not?
marcesent wrote:
|| "OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message || ... ||| Either that or what attacked him were not walking sticks. ||| I have a close friend that was attacked as a child by a ||| swarm of locusts. She had bites all over her. She's been ||| terrified of large grasshoppers ||| all of her life since that incident. ||| ||| I've seen some pretty big grasshoppers. ||| ||| Your dad also could have been telling a tall tale. ;-) ||| No offense meant. ||| || || None taken. As I said though, I do remember seeing it - I || was 15 or so at the time. I was out in the driveway with || him. He was trying to "sweep" the critter off the driveway || with the shovel (that was the tool he had been using, he had || no intention of harming with it) and the thing kept coming at || him. And it looked like a walking stick, not a locust or || grasshopper. || || My mom was there too, she was a bit freaked out! She || remembers it, but I definitely think her version gets a bit || "colored" with her high anxiety at the time. || || I should send an email to A&M and ask them if it's possible || from the sticks to get aggressive when disturbed when || nesting. My main concern in asking this is my daughter, my || neighbor's dogs (miniature greyhounds - love to get into the || garden), and gardening with my bare hands and while barefoot. || But it's not a big worry. || ||| I've played with many a walking stick as I find them to be ||| rather fascinating. So far, no harm, no foul. ||| -- || || You're much braver than me! But I have maintained a healthy || curious respect for them. It's funny, my Bachelor's from A&M || is in Wildlife Biology - aquatic biology and herpetology. || I've handled more snakes and lizards and frogs and || traditionally "creepy" things without batting an eye - I find || them fascinating. But I couldn't bring myself to study || insects, and definitely can't touch them. Aren't phobias || weird? || || But they get to live in my home too, and I hope they stay || happy. It's nice to see critters that the fire ants haven't || driven out or eaten. || || Julie You have been watching too many giant bug movies.... -- -- "Fear is the parent of cruelty." -- James Anthony Froude http://www.obsessionthemovie.com http://home.swbell.net/bjtexas/SS/ |
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