All creatures great and small

I am not easily creeped out by critters, so snails and slugs don't have an ick factor with me (I did learn their slime is hard to wash off). I am cautious with things like spiders, ticks, wasps, millipedes, centipedes,and other critters with stingers or sucking parts...I have a long lens for a reason! Snakes around here aren't poisonous, but I have taken pics of rattlers before. Salamanders are cute, but some of them secrete nastiness on their skins. I used to help my daughter catch toads so she wouldn't be scared of them, and her brother taught her to catch lizards. I hate it when people scream for no reason just because they see a critter, and I wanted her to stop! Mice are fine...outside. Indoors I hate cleaning up their poopies and I worry about diseases, so I strongly discourage their residence. Most critters won't bother you if you don't bother them, and if you keep your distance and are respectful, there is no need to scream, dance, wave your arms about, or poison the environment to get them out of your presence. But if you feed cute critters ,don't be surprised if the not so cute come to dinner too.

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