"somebody needs to follow you around with a cattle prod, child."
Is what grubbygirl said when I gave her the list of animals that have bitten me while I was hand-feeding them.
Roughly in order of when I remember them happening (for the first time):
1. Swans.
2. Anoles.
3. Seagulls.
3. Angora hamsters.
4. Kittens. (Kittens like Spam. A LOT.)
5. Baby mockingbirds.
6. Tropical fish. (Tickles.)
7. Turtles.
8. Notice that dogs are NOT ON THIS LIST?
9. Stingrays, but they don't have teeth, so it was more like briefly having my finger inside a stingray's mouth.
I can't remember if the fiddler crabs involved food or not, but they don't bite so I don't think it counts. Neither do the coquina pinches - those were accidental. That big fish wouldn't have lanced me with its fin if I hadn't grabbed it. And the puppy was licking my face, it was totally an accident her tooth caught my earring on the way out.
It doesn't happen, me learning. I just don't.
Roughly in order of when I remember them happening (for the first time):
1. Swans.
2. Anoles.
3. Seagulls.
3. Angora hamsters.
4. Kittens. (Kittens like Spam. A LOT.)
5. Baby mockingbirds.
6. Tropical fish. (Tickles.)
7. Turtles.
8. Notice that dogs are NOT ON THIS LIST?
9. Stingrays, but they don't have teeth, so it was more like briefly having my finger inside a stingray's mouth.
I can't remember if the fiddler crabs involved food or not, but they don't bite so I don't think it counts. Neither do the coquina pinches - those were accidental. That big fish wouldn't have lanced me with its fin if I hadn't grabbed it. And the puppy was licking my face, it was totally an accident her tooth caught my earring on the way out.
It doesn't happen, me learning. I just don't.