Bugs, Creatures, and Long Legged Beasties!

**fljoe0** · February 7th, 2013

One of our most famous creatures and a favorite of Siggy

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**blunthead** · February 7th, 2013

Originally Posted by atomicinchworm

We have brown recluse spiders. :| And most people can't identify them. Of course, most people that got bitten by one wouldn't know it. Only 15% of the bites ever go some sort of necrotic, and it is a very rare thing to go catastrophically necrotic.

We also have mink.
http://mdc.mo.gov/media/image/mink-0?popup

And opossum. They are really cute, in my opinion, and don't carry rabies, unlike raccoons.

Missouri is also home to a lot of pretty little native fishes, including some darters, catfish, and this little guy is a male Northern Stud Fish, which is Missouri's largest topminnow.

I've heard of this strange fish which poops the alphabet. You see him here getting started.

**Todash** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by atomicinchworm

We have brown recluse spiders. :| And most people can't identify them. Of course, most people that got bitten by one wouldn't know it. Only 15% of the bites ever go some sort of necrotic, and it is a very rare thing to go catastrophically necrotic.

We also have mink.
http://mdc.mo.gov/media/image/mink-0?popup

And opossum. They are really cute, in my opinion, and don't carry rabies, unlike raccoons.

Missouri is also home to a lot of pretty little native fishes, including some darters, catfish, and this little guy is a male Northern Stud Fish, which is Missouri's largest topminnow.

I do not think possums are cute. And I never will. Not after I saw a live one eating a dead one. Cannibalism! YUCK. Plus, you posted a nice PR picture, but come on. Those are some sharp-toothed, greasy looking, vampire-eyed midnight road slinkers.

I think most of what we have is common lots of places: white-tailed deer, foxes, coyotes (we can hear them howling at night from our house), skunks, raccoons, the occasional bobcat, rabbits, wild turkey, red-tailed hawks, snapping turtles, various snakes, etc. We do have some nice native fishes. Less seen (because they don't generally hang out on the highways) but still around the area: otters, badgers, beavers.

**atomicinchworm** · February 8th, 2013

Black bears are also apparently making a comeback in Missouri.

**fljoe0** · February 8th, 2013

In Florida, we have our share of non-native animal species. One animal we have here (I've never seen one here) are monkeys. Here is an excerpt from an article I pulled up.

With Florida’s exotic tropical vegetation and ubiquitous palm trees, it seems as if monkeys should be listed among the state’s native wildlife. Well there are monkeys in Florida, but there shouldn’t be.

Monkeys don’t naturally occur in the United States. The closest they get is Mexico, where you might see spider monkeys and howler monkeys in and around the Yucatan.

But you can see free-ranging monkeys in Florida. A well-established population of rhesus monkeys has existed along the Silver River in Central Florida for nearly 80 years. Depending on who you believe, the monkeys were either escapees from the 1933 filming of a Tarzan movie or intentionally released by the manager of the jungle cruise boat ride at Silver Springs. By 1984, the upper Silver River population consisted of some 400 animals, with an unknown number along the Ocklawaha River. These monkeys forage for themselves on a wide variety of native plants and tourist handouts. If you see them while you are canoeing or kayaking these rivers – don’t try to feed them. No matter how cute they look, it’s against the law to feed them and they can be very aggressive, especially when it comes to food.

**not_nadine** · February 8th, 2013

Cicada. Only every 17 years. You don't want to drive a motorcycle thru a herd of these noisy things.

**fljoe0** · March 11th, 2013

I didn't like seeing this story. We could have some extra vicious mosquitoes this summer.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51108395#.UT3cfzd3ZCo

**fushingfeef** · March 11th, 2013

I use an electric razor which I rinse out each day and leave open to dry. This morning I pick it up, snap it shut, and start shaving. The shaver makes a strange sound so I turn it off and start shaving again. It keeps making the weird noise like the electric motors are straining to turn. So I stop shaving and open up the blade panel...

and find a STINK BUG has gotten inside of my razor! And I've been shaving with STINK BUG GUTS on my face! YUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

**blunthead** · March 11th, 2013

Originally Posted by fushingfeef

I use an electric razor which I rinse out each day and leave open to dry. This morning I pick it up, snap it shut, and start shaving. The shaver makes a strange sound so I turn it off and start shaving again. It keeps making the weird noise like the electric motors are straining to turn. So I stop shaving and open up the blade panel...

and find a STINK BUG has gotten inside of my razor! And I've been shaving with STINK BUG GUTS on my face! YUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

Only on the Monday after you lose an hour.

**Lily Sawyer** · March 11th, 2013

Originally Posted by fushingfeef

I use an electric razor which I rinse out each day and leave open to dry. This morning I pick it up, snap it shut, and start shaving. The shaver makes a strange sound so I turn it off and start shaving again. It keeps making the weird noise like the electric motors are straining to turn. So I stop shaving and open up the blade panel...

and find a STINK BUG has gotten inside of my razor! And I've been shaving with STINK BUG GUTS on my face! YUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

Ewwwwwwww. How in the hell did it get inside an electric razor??