What animals make you cringe, either out of disgust, fear, or just annoyance? For me: Mosquitoes Humans. Yes. Many humans are cringe. Anything that creates tonnes of faeces. Eg. Rats, Crows Maggots Surinam toads. Those eggs give a crippling tryphobia °° Monkeys, especially their blood-red rear-en…

I didn’t think he was. My last “sentiment” was about topic as a whole.

I love parasitology, and came see that any habitat, including humans and other organisms is merely that - a habitat. Life adapts to whatever will sustain them. I respect parasites - they live in environments which are actively trying to kill them. I would prefer not to have one, and do not wish them…

I misinterpreted. I apologize for that, my friend.

I thought that article on sloths was pretty interesting. I’m glad I got to read it— thanks.

What would really make me cringe: if there were parasitoids of humans.

Do non-invasive introduced species count?

Weak animals make me cringe. The koala :koala: is unintelligent, asocial, defenseless, slow, and won’t eat eucalyptus leaves unless they’re still attached to the plant. The scent gland placement on male koalas, and the way females feed babies once lactation stops, are also gross and awkward.

Their life cycle is deeply disturbing, but it’s even weirder that adult botflies are really cute, with big heads relative to their body size and enormous Disney eyes. In this case, at least for me, it’s not the critter itself that makes me cringe…it’s how it got its start in life.

What animals make you cringe?

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Fahoodie1852 December 22, 2021, 5:07am 88

Flies. For some reason, I’m alright with huge spiders, scorpions, centipedes etc. But whenever I see a fly larger than a centimetre in length I begin to stress out

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What animals make you cringe?

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