I had a thought....

[xp29]

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This might have been a misunderstanding what I meant with "afraid":
He was not afraid of the dubias themselves but that they might lead to an infestation and then time-intensive cleaning, pest control... would follow. (Likely the same for your girlfriend who knew what is going on with "roaches".)

Same as, me absolutely not being afraid of insects themselves, I was afraid of... expensive stuff that follows after I saw cockroaches entering our former apartment. Or when I found mice running around in the same apartment - not afraid of mice at all (as a pet, in the garden, in the forest), but afraid of having to throw away stuff (food they got into - just can't lock away everything into mice-proof boxes, so expensive), them gnawing on wires (I once wanted to unplug a device and had almost touched live wire - insulation was gnawed away at the side facing away from me so hard to spot!), what if they might get into important things such as documents or my (work) laptop... Things to replace that are really a "pain in the ass" if money is tight.

That kind of "afraid" like "oh no please not..." and not the "afraid" like "screeeeeeeeam and running out of the room".


Same for my husband. I was knowing they can't reproduce here if escaping, and thus he's more fine with them now. Same with hissing cockroaches.

Same for him. He doesn't like them, but he knows that there won't be an infestation.

Yeah I did misinterpret your meaning, I get it now, and those are all very valid points

 

[LarryTheLizard]

There was a KFC back home that had a life sized Colonel Sanders. It was seated on a bench with one of its legs up and crossed across it's knee. The paint was pearlized. Even as an adult that thing freaked me out. An employee told me it made kids cry all the time.

Eek I think I’ve heard of that! my dad watched a lot of pranks on YouTube like a man in a bush costume jumping out at people and scaring them…but then there’s the pranks they make themselves look like statues and when people come close he taps them on the shoulder, if that happened to me my soul would’ve left my body LOL

 

[xp29]

Eek I think I’ve heard of that! my dad watched a lot of pranks on YouTube like a man in a bush costume jumping out at people and scaring them…but then there’s the pranks they make themselves look like statues and when people come close he taps them on the shoulder, if that happened to me my soul would’ve left my body LOL

I wouldn't go inside that location any more lol. Drive through is for me lol.

 

[LarryTheLizard]

I wouldn't go inside that location any more lol. Drive through is for me lol.

lol you can say that again!

 

[Sue E.]

We know that's not a good thing.

Why aren't reptiles afraid of skulls? I see the decor but think they may be freaked? Why don't they feel that it was a friend or it could be them.

Ruby would probably lie as if he did it and see it as a badge of honor but I'm just wondering.

I think theyd be more freaked out by a dragon skull or lizard skull, honestly.

 

[Rocky2022]

I think theyd be more freaked out by a dragon skull or lizard skull, honestly.

Interesting thought.