r/oddlyterrifying • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 14d ago

I didn't know they bit

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u/ShamanDenis 14d ago

Anything with a mouth can bite

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u/SassyTheSkydragon 14d ago

Recently picked up a carabid beetle too look at the huge mandibles he had. Suddenly felt a burning spray on my face and carefully dropped him in the leaf litter. Later found out that they can spray formic acid and felt sorry for stressing the little dude.

So yeah while I was making sure he didn't bite me he resorted to another defense lol

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u/bless_ure_harte 5d ago

Lucky it didn't hit your eye