chopper Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Curious to know the worst animal bite, sting etc fnzas members have received! This has to be by a member only not a friend or relative other wise someone is bound to have known Steve Irwin or know Ruud Kleinpaste. Bite, sting can be from anything from budgie to camel spider and anything in between, so long as it hurt or there were repurcusions( it may not have hurt but may have got infected). Also interested to find out the oddest animal members were bitten by? This could be a mauling from a marmoset or a licken from a chicken, and doesn't have to have hurt or can be a combo of both( hurt and odd). I will start us off( mine I guess won't have been bad compared to others but thought it would start off discussion). Worst: 1)getting nipped on thumb by a huge cancer crab. It didn't let go and felt like getting hit by a hammer. 2) bitten on nose by my son when he was 2. This really hurt my nose got infected and i had to go to doctor. It swelled up for 2 weeks like a beetroot with teeth marks. Oddest: 1) penguin, this hurt a bit because it had a hooked beak and twisted about. 2) giant weta, didn't really hurt but chewed into vein so I bled a bit. 3) Changeable lizard ( calotes versicolor) not common down here so put it down. Gave me a good chomp as I wanted to show my mate ( we had tried to catch it for ages) so had to hold it for a while till i found him whilst it continued to bite me for about 10 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Attacked by a swarm of bees, several of which flew under my head scarf and stung multiple times before we could get them out of my hair. By the time I got into town to the chemist for antihistamine (I am allergic but not so bad I go into anaphylaxis) I was covered in a rash and my head had swollen so far it was hard to get my crash helmet off. Just got home before my eyes swelled totally shut. They stayed swelled shut for 3 days and eating was difficult due to swelling in my throat. Legs and other body parts also swelled as I was stung all over and quite ill for several days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Grey Faced Petrel translocation - the easiest way to get them out of their burrows is to let them bite you and then grab their beak. Then look forward to them biting you every time you feed them till they fledge from the new site Also got bitten by a penguin in one of the burrows on that trip and had a tuatara run up my arm/neck and gave me a hell of a fright - luckily it didnt bite me, cause apparently they just hang on for like half an hour I'm sure there must be others, but cant think of any right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 heh heh, just looked up changeable lizard - apparently they like biting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colour_genes Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Most Memorable - Bitten by my lab rat in Stage 1 Psychology class, first time we were introduced. Little beggar hung onto my index finger even when it was swinging around in mid-air as I snatched my hand away. I wasn't too worried, but the tutor was totally freaked out!!!!, running around screaming, threatening to have rat put down on the spot, wanted to call ambulance. Couldn't have that, so detached rat from finger, applied bandaid, carried on with class. Came to agreement with rat - I didn't touch him (just indicated direction to go with my hand in front or to side), and he would perform to spec for all tests and experiments. Produced perfect results thereafter, gooood little rattie! :lol: Still have the scar though, 30+ yrs later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Still have the scar though, 30+ yrs later. and every now and then on a clear full moon night I turn into a Ninja Rat :rolfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 When I was five, school had a pet day, someone brought their Galah along. No one said not to stick my finger in the cage, I still have the scar 22 year later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 - the first night I got home from hospital after I was born I got bitten by a mouse I was told. (don't remember that one) - when I was four I got bitten by a german (shepherd) - during my terrarium time back in Switzerland I got bitten by an Aesculap Snake (Zamenis longissimus) which gave me an infection. by a Helm Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) which did turn parts of my index finger blue, green and black after a while and by a Schmuck Horn Frosch / Pacman frog (Ceratophrys) which got me on the side of my palm and didn't let go for a while, did hurt a lot but no scare or anything more serious. - just the other day one of my Axolotl was hanging on my index finger and tried to swallow it (it's like trying to pull your finger out in between of sandpaper), no harm done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Stepped on a stingray in Fiji. A bit of stinger broke off inside my foot which developed a MASSIVE infection so had to have surgery to remove the part that broke off. Still have scar. Now I shuffle my feet when in water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colour_genes Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 and every now and then on a clear full moon night I turn into a Ninja Rat :rolfl: Hah! Have wondered where those gaps in the memory came from :lar: . And the grey fur on the pillow some mornings :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 worst bite i ever had and took weeks to heal was from a Homo sapiens and i have been bitten by quite a few different species :sage: alexyay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 I've been bitten by dogs....twice. Do I still love them? You betcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Spider monkey nearly bit half my finger off when I was little needed stitchs scared I've also been bitten by emu ostrich horse big rainbow spider king crab eel snapper cat weta skinks older sister baby swan parrots pukeko goat goose duck seagull frog pig just about everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Spider monkey nearly bit half my finger off when I was little needed stitchs scared I've also been bitten by emu ostrich horse big rainbow spider king crab eel snapper cat weta skinks older sister baby swan parrots pukeko goat goose duck seagull frog pig just about everything Sounds like you need to stop poking fingers and other extremities where they don't belong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 This fella bit me a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Practically all my bites happened when I was feeding the animal that's when they get you accendently or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJWooble Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Not often...Horses bite me occasionally which leaves bruises and one of my cats wakes me up by chewing on my toes. If stings count as "bites" then there is also the times I've accidentally swum into jellyfish... Takes ages to heal and hurts really badly, particularly if you don't get the stingers out at first. **edit- oh, and my chickens peck me. Colourful nail polish or shiny jewellery tends to look like food to them and they have never taken kindly to being fed their worming tablets. One of my older girls (now passed) used to like pecking people's teeth and eyes if she was able to get near. Thankfully nobody else has ever decided to do that. Edited December 8, 2015 by JJWooble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi1 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 rabbit... it bit through my arm... THROUGH it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 small arm or wide mouthed rabbit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Lionfish - Hospital for 10 days - entire arm went blue / black.Snakebite - python - painful but that was about it.Dog bites - rabid do attacked me - about 50+ puncture wounds on my arms. That was probably the most painful. Still went back the next day to tell the dog I forgive him, and came back with another 10 puncture wounds. Tsk Tsk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCD Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) WASPS!!! I Hate them with a passion! I got clobbered while pig hunting ( no animals were harmed ) in the Waipua , Northland... camping at the Kai Iwis at the time , by the time I drove back to the campsite with 22 stings in my back I had started to go into shock...scary... Lucky one of our friends had antihistimes to cram down me..I don't like wasps at all!!! They still itched a month later! Edited January 25, 2016 by OCD livingart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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