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  • @[email protected]
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    26 months ago

    See, I’m cool with millipedes - mainly because they fall in the camp of “not venomous”. And if they actually are venomous, I don’t want that information haha.

    The basement centipedes creep me out but I’m not necessarily afraid of them.

    Giant centipedes actually present a roughly equivalent danger as a venomous snake. It can be treated with antivenom (I think anyway), but left untreated can actually be fatal.

    Spiders fall in a camp of genuine phobia for me. It’s a pure lizard-brain fear reaction when it comes to them and it’s really hard to overcome.

    • @l_b_iOP
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      16 months ago

      I sure hope millipedes are non venomous, I like playing with them. I would have to look up to verify, but I think some species excrete something when injured that monkeys use.

      Sorry about the spiders for you, I’m cautious around hunting spiders, but no phobia.