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We have those here. They’re big ugly motherfuckers and it hurts like hell when they bite you. But they’re big and slow so you gotta really not be paying attention to get bit by one.

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Big, ugly and huge…4.7”!

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Yeah there kind of rare where I live too. They used to come to the gas station I worked at as a kid at night. People would come in for gas and see them and freak out because they’d be like “I DIDNT KNOW WE HAD BUGS THAT BIG HERE”

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“These bugs are also known to bite unsuspecting humans between the toes, hence why they’re called “toe-biters,” though this bite is nontoxic and we’re far too big to be their prey.”

That doesn’t mean they can’t try :-(

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Kill it with fire? …wait

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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more…

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