• @[email protected]
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    2611 months ago

    Any wild creature bigger than a rat is an animal you should be cautious of. I mean, I wouldn’t pet a wild rat, either, but I’m also not afraid one will attack and kill me.

    Wild dog packs roam lots of countries in south-east Asia. Don’t fucking go near them. They will try to seperate you from other humans and take you down for a snack.

    So weird though when you see, like, a golden retriever in their ranks. The urge to go pet them is too strong. I did a lot of catching myself walking towards them when I was in thailand.

    • @Woht24
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      2411 months ago

      The first half of your comment was good and then it devolved into nonsense. Thai street dogs don’t eat people, the amount of fucking rubbish strewn everywhere keeps them fed.

      Now will they bite you? Of course, it’s a dog.

    • @Sylvartas
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      1611 months ago

      Even a rat bite can have extremely nasty side effects

      • @joel_feila
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        111 months ago

        Well there fleas give you plague so not petting them is not enough.

        • @ramenshaman
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          11 months ago

          they’re*

          Edit: I took another look at the above comment and I think “there” or “their” both work here. I don’t ever recall seeing a sentence where that was true and my mind is a little blown.

          • @FlickOfTheBean
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            211 months ago

            Say /s right now

            (i had to look at it twice but I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be their, not they’re lol)

            • @ramenshaman
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              11 months ago

              Yes that’s correct. Not saying /s because I don’t think it’s needed here.

              Edit: see my edit in my previous comment

              • @FlickOfTheBean
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                211 months ago

                Fair enough, that was supposed to be a meme opener just so I could comment, but I deleted the /s right before the opening parentheses, and now I’m worried I came off like a complete asshole to you! My apologies! I meant that in a joking meme tone, not in a tell you what to do way! Sorry about that!

                • @ramenshaman
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                  111 months ago

                  Ohh! I see what you did there. I don’t think tone is conveyed well through text, especially to me lol. I appreciate the clarification.

    • @havokdj
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      111 months ago

      I don’t think I’d be too afraid of a raccoon either though

      • cheesepotatoes
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        1311 months ago

        You should be. They may not be able to mortally wound you but they’ll definitely give you rabies.

        • @thorbot
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          11 months ago

          A raccoon can absolutely mortally wound you. We’re just fleshy bags of blood and they have nasty sharp claws. A slash in the right spot could be fatal

          • cheesepotatoes
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            111 months ago

            Well, if we’re considering “right-spot” scenarios then basically anything can kill you.

            • @thorbot
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              311 months ago

              How could a worm kill you, or a cricket, Mr. Scientist?!?

              • LasagnaCat
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                311 months ago

                It’s an alaskan bull worm

                • @thorbot
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                  211 months ago

                  Not sure what that is, but it sounds scary