# Do termites get splinters?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-termites-get-splinters/86209>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-termites-get-splinters/86209 "2001-10-08T23:46:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-termites-get-splinters/86209/1 "2001-10-08T23:46:58Z")

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Well do they?

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**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-termites-get-splinters/86209/2 "2001-10-09T00:16:44Z")

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Cute.

I’ll attemt to answer this silly question with a speculation: termites getting splinters would be like you getting run through with a two-by-four.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-termites-get-splinters/86209/3 "2001-10-09T00:19:10Z")

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Hahaha! 🙂 Don’t they EAT wood? So it might be like me getting a toothpick splinter. Pure speculation, bay-bay!