Do you think it's immoral to step on bugs?

My cats are way too soft - when a bug comes in my cat will just sit in front of it and watch it - he doesn't even try to bat it around or anything.

No; thay said n showed a diagram on TV
that it does not matter how hungry he is,
there is too much bone in the way
for him to eat his way thru
to the brain.

However, admittedly, thay did not say
whether that is the same for Englishmen. Who knows ?





David

Aren't they what Khan used on Ceti Alpha V to get Chekov and Paul Winfield to tell him where Genesis was?

There used to be a jumping spider, living by one of the air conditioners I service. I observed it one day, coming slowly up the jutting bit of mortar on the wall, to study me as I worked. When I moved my hand a certain way, it ducked for cover. But it always came back and appeared still to be studying me. At one point, I made the move about ten times in quick succession. Same result every time. I became fond of the little spider, as it gave me company until the job was finished. I didn't know it long enough to give it a name.

I once shared my shower with a spider of unknown pedigree. Eventually, she acquired a name, and finally, she left. There are other spiders, but none have replaced Princess.

Tico managed to remind me that we have scorpions, the serious kind, here in New Mexico. Cripes, that's all I need to spark my day.

Ah, scorpions. I had one run up my leg and sting me twice. Left me somewhat feverish and mouth tasting like cotton. But I went ahead and worked the rest of the day.

I read up on them yesterday and wiki, or wherever I was looking, mentioned they could be dangerous for the elderly (uh oh) and allergic types. Even sugar ant bites bring me swollen red lumps. Best I should be careful. Wonder if you were allergic or if that is the normal reaction - meaning, if you got stung again, would it be worse.

Glad that worked out okay. There is a close relative in Arizona called the vinegaroon, if I'm spelling it right. They say the sting is psychoactive, and will give you the worst trip you ever had.

I've heerd of the vinegaroons. But the one I am speaking of was from south Texas, near Rockport. It helped that I was very young, likely. I got stung by a second one, a few months before that, but it did not bother me more than a wasp sting.

Are you mental?? Is it immoral for a cow to hunt down and kill a fox??? Next you will be telling me cow's don't eat foxes because they are herbivores or some such nonsense!!

Maybe thay can sneek up on foxes and stomp on them,
if thay r sleeping.

Maybe

vinegaroons???

@edgarblythe,

Glad that worked out okay. There is a close relative in Arizona called the vinegaroon, if I'm spelling it right. They say the sting is psychoactive, and will give you the worst trip you ever had.

I was responding to this post by Roger.

Thelyphonida is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as vinegaroons (or vinegarroons). They are often called uropygids

Hey, these threads are getting a little buggy. I just added a buggy something to two other buggy threads.

Ear wigs. They like dampness and hang around toilets, tubs, anywhere we water plants. When we were moving from Michigan something, naturally, happened to the well water pump before we could get out of there. So when well experts dug down a little they found huge wads of ear wigs. So, it was a $2,000 pump. What did we learn from that? Don't plant flowers around those little pipes that stick up from the ground even if it is directly in front of living rm. window. Also, ear wigs do have those crab-like pinchers on their heads. I grabbed one once, squeezed to kill it and the thing pinched me. Scary because they look like they could give a nasty infection. I hate them.

Edgarblyth, when scorpions bite me I feel very shaky inside. or more like a tremor. My tung, like pins and needles., hurts a little.

On their butts, not their heads

Our ear wigs have them coming out of their arses. I've just been picking grapes, and they love hiding in the bunches.

I don't intentionally step on bugs, it just seems a bother. After the crushing, they need to be scraped off the bottom of the shoe and with crevices in many shoes, this can be a labor I'd rather not get dragged in on.

Yeah, they always get gunked up in the treads of my running shoes. I used to use a stick to scrape them but now I just leave them to dry up.

To everyone else: all good replies. I am not sure what motivates me (or others that I know) to step on bugs. I feel like it's asking me what motivates me to kick a rock on the street: no real reason. I actually like bugs. I watch them all the time. I suppose part of the reasoning is egotism. Because I'm larger, I'm better and more important than ants, I feel. Isn't life survival of the biggest, after all? It seems like asking Godzilla why he doesn't feel bad about stepping on people. I probably wouldn't either. At that size, would you even care?