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!
21 Comments
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 6 pts · 133d
Rather see this than the fucking ticks from earlier today.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 133d
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.
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 6 pts · 133d
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.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 133d
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.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 2 pts · 132d
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.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 132d
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.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 133d
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 132d
I'm not afraid of them. I just dislike them.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
Sorry, lol was gonna spam them then realized the fediverse is too small.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 133d
wuffah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 132d
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 133d
Is this macrophotography? Or is that roach 3 feet long?
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 133d
Roaches are, technically, 3 feet long. And two feet wide.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
But seriously, this one is about.. 60mm? Somewhere in there. About 2.3 inches.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 133d
Still a pretty big roach.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
Oh yeah. And they go "SSSS!"
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 132d
That's…that's nightmare fuel.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 132d
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!
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 132d
Aaaahhhhhh!
Lol.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 132d
😂
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 3 pts · 132d
Bombin's cockroaches, hell yeah!
How are the babies doing?
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 132d
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!