# What has bitten you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486 "2005-05-18T22:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/61 "2005-05-19T23:53:44Z")
- various insects - spiders - humans - bunny - dog - cat - a monkey - horse - deer - a wide variety of parrots (I once ran a parrot rescue) - mice - rats (worked in a pet store as a teen) - gerbils/hamsters - Ants / flies/ various insecty things that may not truly be insects ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/62 "2005-05-20T00:22:55Z")
Cats Dogs Hamster Ball python Ostrich 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/63 "2005-05-20T00:46:35Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Interesting aside: my only serious bite (hospitalization and some surgery) was inflicted by a … Golden Retriever! Where did it bite you? What kind of surgery did you have? ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/64 "2005-05-20T00:57:51Z")
Dogs Cats Fleas Spiders A snake (non-venomous, but I had to have a tetanus shot) Deerflies Brothers and/or sister (not recently) Been stung by honeybees, a yellowjacket and some little stinging critter that was very tiny but had a HUGE sting! The acting bug. It took a while, but the swelling went down. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/65 "2005-05-20T01:02:20Z")
Poeticyde’s list isn’t unbelievable at all. Those of us who are interested in critters or who work with them will have a similarly long list. Just off the top of my head: Insects: Too numerous to mention, far longer than poeticyde’s list but it includes fairly much representatives form every major insect group on the planet. Two notables though. The most memorable were a nest of red bull ant while working in Oz. Imagine an ant a bit over an inch long (which is massive for an ant) that has a wasp’s sting and that simultaneously bite [I[ and\* sting. Very painful when you stand on the nest and only become aware of it after they have crawled down your boots and up your pants legs. Picture a man rolling around on the ground trying to simultaneously rip off his boots and trousers while yelling loudly about a swarm of stinging ants which appear to be heading for his genitalia. A giant water bug. Another wonderful Australian denizen. A bug about 4 inches long that eats fish. Well it doesn’t eat them, it’s got a needle for a mouth and it sucks them dry. Unfortunately they fly at night from waterhole to waterhole and one ended up in my tent. That needle that will pierce the scales of a fish will also happily piece a human finger. The area around the bite basically ‘rotted’ away like it had been badly burned. Very painful. Spiders: Only ever bitten by 3 spiders that I know of, one wolf spider and two unidentified. Add to the invertebrate list ticks, mites, squid, crabs (bitten, not nipped)leeches and others that I can’t be bothered trying to recall. Fish: Eels, numerous ‘small’ fish species that were trying to pick bits of dead skin off me. A catfish that was defending its nest. Reptiles: Two species of turtle. Numerous lizards including dragons, frill-necks, monitors, geckos and several species of skink. A python that appeared to be to cold to mind being handled… it wasn’t. Birds: Domestic chickens and ducks. At least a couple of dozen wild bird species. In this case the list is so long because I once shared a house with a person who rescued orphaned and injured wild birds. Bites were normal. Small mammals: House mice, black rats, guinea pigs, at least two wild rate species, a bandicoot, Medium mammals: Cats and dogs of course, a possum, a wallaby, a fruit bat. Large mammals: Horse. I was even bitten by a cow while trying to apply an ear tag. Of course cows have no lower teeth in the front of the jaw so a cow bit is more disgusting than painful. And people of course. There are plenty of others that I can’t recall at the moment. And yes, I’ve been bitten by a venus fly trap if that counts. It’s fun to set them off with your finger. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/66 "2005-05-20T04:59:23Z")
Just the usual, I think. Cat Dog Hamster Various insects Snake Lizard Parrot Cockatiel Seagull Emu (What! I wanted to pet it! It looked friendly…) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/67 "2005-05-20T06:42:52Z")
I haven’t been bitten by that many different critters. cat mosquitoes without number (I think I’m listed in the mosquito equivalent of travel books) lots of ants stung by wasps twice several humans (both for fun and not-fun) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/68 "2005-05-20T12:36:35Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > Where did it bite you? What kind of surgery did you have? Tore up my hand/thumb pretty good. Had some plastic surgery to put everything back together. Excellent end results. ---
**Author:** ![milkfat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@milkfat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milkfat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/69 "2005-05-20T13:15:47Z")
many insects some untamed humans cats dogs chinchilla sugar gliders hamsters ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/70 "2005-05-20T23:05:55Z")
-Insects, the usual suspects: ants, spiders, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, etc. -Humans -Myself (bite my tongue a lot, too) -Dogs (only 1 bad bite) -Cats -Ferrets -Rodents: Hamsters, Gerbils, Mice, Squirrels -Rabbits -Cow -Birds: All sorts –many varieties of parrots; budgies, cockatiels, Amazons, conures, lovebirds, cockatoos and macaws (ow), etc. –seabirds; gulls, terns, skimmers, brown pelicans, white pelicans, ducks, etc. (I was speared by a small heron and I was chased by a booby but it didn’t bite me) –others; mockingbirds, jays, crows … too many to name. No predatory birds but I have been taloned by a few owls and hawks. -Reptiles; a few lizards, the common Cuban anole, a turtle or two but no snakes. -Fish; Mackeral, catfish, pinfish or some other annoying little fish that like to nibble on you when you swim (no, not piranhas) and I had my toes sucked on by some rays but they didn’t have teeth. Other: I am sure I am probably forgetting something … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/71 "2005-05-21T02:21:33Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Robins. If a Blue Jay just looks at me, I’ll run back in the house. You are safe on Fridays. On Friday, Blue Jays are required to carry a grain of sand to hell to bank the devil’s fires for Shabbes. (Hey, I converted) A goose at the zoo when I was small. Mosquitoes, dog ticks, lone star ticks, chiggers. Wasps. Once on scaffolding. Can’t remember climbing down. Maybe I teleported. A raccoon. It was a matter of her children and my cats. Rabies shots are no big deal. Take them rather than kill the animal. My cat. Tried to pick him up in the middle of a fight. Feels like being hit with a hammer. Goldfish. Maybe they thought I was dead. A mouse I rescued fron the cat. He gave it his best shot. Felt like being attacked with a used fingernail file. Parakeet. Hurts even less. Involved trimming his beak. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/72 "2005-05-21T02:25:09Z")
Crocodiles (salt and freshwater varieties) Funnel web spiders North-Eastern Carnivorous MegaKangaroo Tiger snakes… Um no. A cat, a dog, their associated fleas, and some mosquitos. Pretty dull really. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/73 "2005-05-21T02:38:39Z")
Mosquitoes Ants Spiders A human A cat A small dog The Acting Bug A pet mouse ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/74 "2005-05-21T02:39:27Z")
Dammit, I forgot the appropiate \* Dionaea muscipula\* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486/75 "2005-05-21T07:46:04Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > …I am sure I am probably forgetting something. A roadrunner perhaps? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-bitten-you/304486.md?page=3)