Blue ringed octopus. Tiny but deadly.
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Classically cute: an otter.
Quick with a mean bite. And can be very ferocious and territorial, even against humans.
Bats. Some species really look like adorable little sky kittens. But they are also significant disease carriers, ranging from rabies to ebola. Bats themselves have evolved to be immune to things that can kill us and other animals.
It’s why you should never, EVER touch a bat. Just don’t.
a brown- or polar bear
Bunnies. I got bit by a bunny when I was a kid. They have these sharp little teeth and it made me bleed. I'm still anxious around rabbits.
Caerbannog?
Their talons are wicked too. Got me as w Child and now I have scars across my cheeks.
Theyre extremely faint now, but if I was any older when it happened, they'd definitely affect how stunningly beautiful I am.
Anya?
Look at the bones!
Run away!
A human child.
There’s no other animal I can become an instant villain for being close to. Being close to a human child is legally and socially dangerous.
I don't think that OP meant 'close to' the same way you do
I’m talking physical distance, like you’d measure with a tape measure.
I know what you mean, but the phrasing suggests you aren't allowed within 500 yards of a playground.
This triggered a memory. When I went to university one of my flatmates bought a fancy frisbee that you could throw super far, so as a form of exercise we used to walk to a large park nearby to play.
Come spring when the weather started getting better, the park started getting busier. On one occasion it was full of kids (like 5-6 year olds?) and parents who ignored them. We tried to stay away but the kids kept getting lured by the frisbee that flies far. At some point one of my flatmates tried to hide the frisbee under his shirt to get them to leave, but one of the kids saw him do it and ran to him trying to grab it from under his shirt and yeah.. as soon as my flatmate realised the kid was going to try grabbing at him at the bottom of his shirt he immediately threw the frisbee on the ground and held up his hands as if he was at gunpoint and walked away.
It was pretty funny from the outside but damn.. do I hate parents who let their kids harass other people. It was a much better experience when a bad dog owner was there at a different occasion and we had a dog chasing us around for 20 mins..
Bees. They're little fluff fairies who love flowers but they exist in the same space in my subconscious as roaches and hornets.
I flipped on bees a few years back and stopped being afraid of them altogether. I get relatively close to them now while weeding my garden and they pay me no mind. Wasps and hornets will always be enemies, but I won't air my true thoughts on them, as the last time I did on Lemmy I was downvoted greatly and reviled.
As an EDF player, asian giant hornets can get fucked
Sloth. From what I've heard, they can move fast when they want to and will fuck people up with those claws. B
I got to meet a sloth at a an event sponsored by an animal preserve. They do seriously have murder claws.
Sloth Facts: despite their wicked claws, the sloth's primary defence is to be unappetizing. They're so sedentary that algae grows on them, which makes them smell and taste bad to predators in addition to not being particularly nutritious.
Every few days, a sloth might leave the tree to defecate. This is because while predators might not be particularly interested in eating them, if their droppings fall on a jaguar it might be pissed enough to climb a tree and settle accounts.
And they smile like fucking maniacs.
Any member of the weasel family
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