Animal fun

[silversolitaire]

Animal Fun
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Siegfried, the turtle           Sherlock, the cat            Opty, the bug    

Just now dad saw Siggy sitting in the pen kinda looking -__- because he had no food. So I went to get him a slice of melon and he POWERMUNCHED it out of my hand. He had the whole slice down in 30 seconds or so. I was starting to fear for my fingers. While Siggy was finishing it off suddenly a shadow was looming over us... Sherlock was standing there, also looking -____-. As always he's an attention whore who can't stand others being paid attention to. Sher and Siggy exchanged a long glance, staring each other down... then Sher pretended to get bored and wandered off while Siggy munched the rest.

Siggy then zoomed off before I could get another slice and Sher flopped in front of my feet and demanded cuddles NOWZ! So I cuddled and kneaded Sher some before turning to go back to my paper. Then dad arrived and he had a bug on shoulder. Sidenote, I've been trying real hard to find the proper term for heteroptera but all I find is "bug" or "true bug". *shrugs* So yeah, it was a bug. Anyway, I took it off dad's shoulder and he was all "Take it away, take it awaaaaay!" and mom joined us and was all "OMG it stinks when it gets squashed!!!" to which I said "It won't just auto-squash suddenly!" - "But it will when I step on it!" - "Then DON'T step on it, geeze!" *rolls eyes*

Anyway, I let the little fellow wander across my arms some and then put him on a leaf. and now I'm back at the computer.

The End.

Comments

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

OMFG!! 'Opty'!!! ROTF!! :))))))))))

ehm, he would be the shield bug or stink bug. and he sprays his stink around when he feels threatened as well..

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, well I thought "Pty" sounded dumb so I opted for "Opty". *g*

Shield bug! Funny! This is how I described him to Tom! "A bug with a shell that looks like a shield or a crest." Cool. And he sprays stink just like that, too? Oops. LOL. Well good thing I didn't threaten him, eh? *g*

[krss.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I love your animal stories. XD

[vampiresetsuna.livejournal.com]

LOL~!!! fun with pets! : ) I didn't realize that they were all called stink bugs! I have for years called this one and the grey one the same thing, but figured they really wernt, but they both are! They used to latch themselves to the screen doors, and i'd be terrified to open the door lest i frighten the bugs and make them stink.

[lemurjoe.livejournal.com]

Auto-squash! haha!

I can just see a show on Animal Planet:
"Well, John, the interesting thing about this bug is that when threatened it auto-squashes itself. Of course it doesn't keep the bug from dying but it does seem to repel animals that eat only live bugs."
"I say, Ralph, that is a very unique evolutionary design."

< Too much giggling, must stop >

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I need to post those more.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Well they never stunk at me! Maybe I have a calming effect on bugs... LOL.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah that does seem like a sucky self-defense mechanism, doesn't it? Although I always find it a little confusing when you have animals that are poisonous or just taste icky. What the hell? A whole lot of good that did to the animal that was just eaten and that still sorta assumes the predator will remember next time not to eat a member of the same species again. That or he dies and then the whole thing was pointless to begin with.