human anteaters - eviltoast
  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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    27 days ago

    They smell SO BAD. I was super sensitive to it as a kid, and the smell would be impossible to get off, so I developed a habit of never crushing them.

        • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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          27 days ago

          Huh, oh yeah, like any invertebrate, bcs they are within human space which isn’t allowed.

          Idk why my brainhole didn’t make the connection, I def know people that kill eg spiders if they see them.

          I sometimes kill mosquitos that won’t leave via regular ventilation paths.

          • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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            27 days ago

            Like spray them with water? Sure, if they’re in the sink or on the counter. If you mean just swat them away, I wouldn’t trust that to kill them. And as soon as it doesn’t kill them, and they find their way back to the nest, there’s a chance they’ll lead others back, if they found so much as a scrap of food.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      27 days ago

      As a tool-using species, killing them with something you won’t care about the smell being on seems pretty trivial.