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humanodon  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cicadas begin their Staten Island takeover

Oh, but cicadas just want to bone, lay eggs and then die. They don't have time to be mean. Plus, free protein, right?

These dudes on the other hand:

Are mean. And fearless. And are gross when you kill them. And, they don't like getting wet which means that in a country like Vietnam, where these guys are found, they seek shelter, like say in a house on the side of a mountain, which I happened to live in. Vietnam also has a rainy season that lasts about half of the year :(

In fact, many creatures don't like getting wet, like various species of large spiders and many kinds of snakes and lizards. I once got rid of a huge spider living in my closet by luring a leopard gecko into the space. A little lizard poop is worth not worrying about putting on a shirt only to have a large, hairy, inconveniently venomous spider scramble over the skin and out of harm's way.

I choose the cicadas.

EDIT: I forgot to include scale. That animal is about 20cm long, or about 8 inches.