datarama3d ago

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never been sat on by a seagull it came up that she has never been sat on by a lizard. Like, not even once during childhood.

Another colleague admitted they also have never been sat on by a lizard.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life been sat on by a lizard.

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Have you ever been sat on by a lizard?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

Yes
No
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Show threadsasutina13a is-a sasutina13a3d ago
@datarama Sat upon, shat upon, and bitten, all by lizard.
Show threadIrina
@sasutina13 @datarama I've never been bitten by a lizard, but I have been bitten in the ball of my middle finger by both a hamster and a mouse (on different occasions, of course).
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Show threadsasutina13a is-a sasutina13a3d ago

@irina

Oh that hurts!!! Same here... And they say ¨mice are timid¨.

But perhaps rabbits are worse cos when they bite they almost always tug, and they are strong!

@datarama

Show threaddatarama3d ago
@sasutina13 @irina The worst bite I've personally gotten was from a turtle. (Red-eared slider.)
Show threadsasutina13a is-a sasutina13a3d ago

@datarama

Yeah. They always try to bite. Nasty and filthy bites...

@irina

Show threaddatarama3d ago

@sasutina13 @irina A long time ago when I had Igor (my blue-tongue) in for a routine check-up with his vet, I had a little chat with the vet while I was getting Igor into his transporter to go home again. He mentioned:

"Oh, I've been bitten by so many things. And the only bite that sent me to the hospital was from a cat! But I've been bitten by geckos, iguanas, pythons, turtles, a crocodile..."

"...wait, a *what*?!".

Show threaddatarama3d ago

@sasutina13 @irina The two sliders I had as a kid were really night and day in that regard. The female was incredibly bitey and aggressive, and would attack anything that came near her swampy abode that didn't look like the other turtle. The male was almost ridiculously mellow, never bit, and usually didn't even retract into his shell if you picked him up.

I have no idea why they were so different, but - well, all animals have personality.

Show threadIrina3d ago
@sasutina13 @datarama this mouse hung from my finger by its teeth! I had to grab it with my other hand and shake it a bit until it let go.