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True Dough

(22,749 posts) Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:26 AM Mar 1

You find this on your hand. What do you do?

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You find this on your hand. What do you do? (Original Post) True Dough Mar 1 OP

OMG 😱 panic. That is huge 😟 TommieMommy Mar 1 #1

I think I would... 2naSalit Mar 1 #2

wake up nuxvomica Mar 1 #3

Put it on the ground and consider myself lucky to have had contact with an amazing creature. sinkingfeeling Mar 1 #4

When wracked with fear and consumed in doubt... Wounded Bear Mar 1 #5

Lick it??? LuckyCharms Mar 1 #6

Take lots of photos. Solly Mack Mar 1 #7

Stifle my scream and put it on the ground before it bites me!! 58Sunliner Mar 1 #8

I know this is wrong Wifes husband Mar 1 #9

Can you imagine True Dough Mar 1 #14

Do I have a hatchet?🪓 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 1 #10

So you don't value True Dough Mar 1 #13

I'll make do! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 1 #16

What is it? efhmc Mar 1 #11

omg.................... some_of_us_are_sane Mar 1 #12

Curse Timothy Leary Ptah Mar 1 #15

Die immediately. Iggo Mar 1 #17

I'd probably talk to it. "Hey, buddy, how's it going?" hunter Mar 1 #18

Do any of those animals True Dough Mar 1 #19

I quit hunting and fishing a long time ago. hunter Mar 1 #20

I've hunted and fished but I don't do it anymore LogDog75 Mar 1 #27

Your last point is spot on. Boomerproud Mar 1 #23

What is it? debm55 Mar 1 #21

I don't know for sure, True Dough Mar 1 #22

Looks like we have an answer: True Dough Mar 1 #32

Carefully put it on the ground or a tree branch. Hercules Beetle. Dorothy V Mar 1 #24

Go home and change my underwear! LogDog75 Mar 1 #25

Try not to scream "Get it off! Get it off!" and put it gently on the ground. Ocelot II Mar 1 #26

Let it enter your spine. Become a Goa'uld. GreenWave Mar 1 #28

Yikes! We had 4 Madagascar water bugs run onto the boat Ritabert Mar 1 #29

My daughter... ultralite001 Mar 1 #30

Huh. whaddya know...a Hercules Beetle justaprogressive Mar 1 #31

think or say "cool!" Kali Mar 1 #33

TommieMommy

(1,852 posts)

1. OMG 😱 panic. That is huge 😟

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:36 AM

Mar 1

2naSalit

(96,478 posts)

2. I think I would...

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:40 AM

Mar 1

Just freak right the fuck out.

nuxvomica

(13,263 posts)

3. wake up

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:52 AM

Mar 1

To find my cat biting my hand because he wants me to wake up.

sinkingfeeling

(55,072 posts)

4. Put it on the ground and consider myself lucky to have had contact with an amazing creature.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 09:10 AM

Mar 1

Wounded Bear

(61,751 posts)

5. When wracked with fear and consumed in doubt...

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:31 AM

Mar 1

Run in circles, scream and shout.

LuckyCharms

(19,941 posts)

6. Lick it???

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:44 AM

Mar 1

Solly Mack

(94,826 posts)

7. Take lots of photos.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 12:21 PM

Mar 1

58Sunliner

(5,645 posts)

8. Stifle my scream and put it on the ground before it bites me!!

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 12:39 PM

Mar 1

Wifes husband

(415 posts)

9. I know this is wrong

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:08 PM

Mar 1

But I would freek out, throw it on the ground and stomp the crap out of it

True Dough

(22,749 posts)

14. Can you imagine

Reply to Wifes husband (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:21 PM

Mar 1

the loud "crunch, crunch, crunch" as you stomped that thing??? Gross!

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,174 posts)

10. Do I have a hatchet?🪓

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:10 PM

Mar 1

True Dough

(22,749 posts)

13. So you don't value

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:20 PM

Mar 1

that hand?

Floyd R. Turbo

(30,174 posts)

16. I'll make do!

Reply to True Dough (Reply #13)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:29 PM

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efhmc

(15,407 posts)

11. What is it?

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:14 PM

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some_of_us_are_sane

(1,150 posts)

12. omg....................

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:15 PM

Mar 1

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Ptah

(33,708 posts)

15. Curse Timothy Leary

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:22 PM

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Iggo

(48,797 posts)

17. Die immediately.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:38 PM

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hunter

(39,453 posts)

18. I'd probably talk to it. "Hey, buddy, how's it going?"

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:46 PM

Mar 1

I was surprised by a coyote once while hiking alone and that's exactly what I said.

I've also been surprised by bears and pigs.

The scariest encounters I've had have been with humans.

True Dough

(22,749 posts)

19. Do any of those animals

Reply to hunter (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:49 PM

Mar 1

know your name is "hunter?"

hunter

(39,453 posts)

20. I quit hunting and fishing a long time ago.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #19)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:13 PM

Mar 1

It's much easier to buy food at Costco, and much easier to enjoy the wilderness unburdened by guns or fishing poles.

LogDog75

(401 posts)

27. I've hunted and fished but I don't do it anymore

Reply to hunter (Reply #20)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 04:12 PM

Mar 1

I tried bow hunting deer with a friend but never saw a deer so zero kills. I've caught both fresh and sea water fish but I gave that up, too. It's easier to buy meat and fish from the store than to go out and hunt or fish for it.

I really don't have a problem with people who hunt and fish, except when the don't obey the laws and limits. Many people rely on hunting and fishing to put food on their table because it saves them money than buying at the store.

Boomerproud

(8,725 posts)

23. Your last point is spot on.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:35 PM

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debm55

(44,362 posts)

21. What is it?

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:18 PM

Mar 1

True Dough

(22,749 posts)

22. I don't know for sure,

Reply to debm55 (Reply #21)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:24 PM

Mar 1

but I don't believe it's a cat.

True Dough

(22,749 posts)

32. Looks like we have an answer:

Reply to debm55 (Reply #21)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 05:34 PM

Mar 1

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182148283#post31

Dorothy V

(311 posts)

24. Carefully put it on the ground or a tree branch. Hercules Beetle.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 03:13 PM

Mar 1

Harmless to humans, ecological good guys. Look them up. Some folks keep them as pets.
Only the males have those outsized jaws. Used for fighting other males for the ladies. I expect a lady Hercules beetle would find the guy in the pic mighty hot.

LogDog75

(401 posts)

25. Go home and change my underwear!

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 04:08 PM

Mar 1

Ocelot II

(124,315 posts)

26. Try not to scream "Get it off! Get it off!" and put it gently on the ground.

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 04:11 PM

Mar 1

Then I would run away in case it came after me or there were more of them.

GreenWave

(11,084 posts)

28. Let it enter your spine. Become a Goa'uld.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 04:20 PM

Mar 1

Then get battle gear.

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Ritabert

(1,017 posts)

29. Yikes! We had 4 Madagascar water bugs run onto the boat

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 04:21 PM

Mar 1

...after a close lightning strike. They were 4" by 3" with pincers on the front. Hubby nailed 3 of them but one hid and wasn't found until the next day.