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Extreme fear of house lizards!

Donal Cozzie said:
Behold the face of evil

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How are they so massive lol
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lemme introduce to a japanese giant hornet :)
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its about the size of your thumb and the sting it has is corrosive meaning it'll melt your skin- yummy
 
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"Think you can outrun it? It can fly 50 miles in a day."

I dont know why but the thought of being chased 50 miles by a single hornet is hilarious
 
So happy i live in Ireland.

No snakes. No killer bugs. No earthquakes. No volcanoes. No hurricanes.

Dont know how asian people can even go outside. Everything kills you. Even walking barefoot gives you parasites (watch monsters inside me btw lol)
 
A comment in CNN article:

I've had the misfortune of being chased twice (in Japan )by this evil beastie. They are able to summon other nearby hornets, and if you are by a river and jump under the water, they will wait or you to resurface. This hornet will remain in an agitated state for up to 24 hours. And although it says they will chase you for up to 200m, I was chased almost 1km. Nasty things!
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/03/world/asia/hornet-attack-china/
 
Happy I live in the UK- scared imma visit Pak in summer- yes summer #bot flies :O
 
lol what a coincidence hahhaha....You musta been searching on google images too
 
i have a habit of being part of making specific threads into topic less threads :|
 
Donal Cozzie said:
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Send in the army!! Gotta admire them. They're 3 inches long and yet they troll us all day. Id say they're converstaions are like

Hornet 1:"Chased this guy into a river once. He didnt even annoy me. I was just bored"
Hornet 2:"Lol. Then what?"
Hornet 1:"I waited for him to come back up and chased him again. YOLO"
Hornet 2"Man you crazy"
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:)))

Yeah that waiting for the person to come out of water is crazy.

CRA...freaking...ZY
 
Probably a good time to mention I got stung by a hornet when I was around 3 years old, It is definitely one of the worst pains I have experienced, although after that particular incident I took it upon myself to hunt down Hornet nests whenever I see them. Have killed a lot of them. Better them than me. They release some signals to their nearest counterparts if they start to attack you and then you will be surrounded, so if anybody comes in contact with them, kill them
 
Two big fat lizards in the lounge and I need to pass through them to get my headphones. :ibutt
 
Getting stung by a bee hurts really bad initially but then feels funny.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
So happy i live in Ireland.

No snakes. No killer bugs. No earthquakes. No volcanoes. No hurricanes.

Dont know how asian people can even go outside. Everything kills you. Even walking barefoot gives you parasites (watch monsters inside me btw lol)
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There was an Earthquake in Donegal last year I think. We also do get our fair share of storms man, I live in Galway so like we get it bad when it is storm weather
 
Myrmidon said:
There was an Earthquake in Donegal last year I think. We also do get our fair share of storms man, I live in Galway so like we get it bad when it is storm weather
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Id take rain over hornets every day of the week.

Interestingly enough im going to NUI Galway next year lol

Ive turned this into the topic less thread havent i :facepalm:
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Id take rain over hornets every day of the week.

Interestingly enough im going to NUI Galway next year lol

Ive turned this into the topic less thread havent i :facepalm:
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Nice one, you will like Galway man, nearly everybody who comes from around other parts of Ireland loves it here. I guess I will see you at the NUIG cricket club then haha. Yes we have a club and a very good reputation for being giant killer underdogs, winning the Uni competitions
 
Aman said:
How did you do it? :najam
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Western ghats in India is home to the king cobras. I had been to a friends house in chikmaglur,Karnataka. They do not kill the snakes there. In fact, their cat had got a baby cobra into their house and was toying with it. My friends father shooed the cat away and released the cobra in the backyard. Life changing experience. BTW there are no snakes in NZ A man.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Western ghats in India is home to the king cobras. I had been to a friends house in chikmaglur,Karnataka. They do not kill the snakes there. In fact, their cat had got a baby cobra into their house and was toying with it. My friends father shooed the cat away and released the cobra in the backyard. Life changing experience. BTW there are no snakes in NZ A man.
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Yeah, but I'm still frightened of them. Freak out every time my parents ask me if I want to go India :moyo
 
Dont think of them as lizards, think of them harmless little cute dinosaurs.

Everyone loves dinosaurs right?


PS. Poor little creatures are harmless. They cannot even bite you if they wanted to, not strong enough jaws.
 
The Japanese giant hornet is large and fearsome, but it is not particularly aggressive unless it feels threatened. It has a venom which is injected by the 6.25 mm-long (quarter-inch) stinger and attacks the nervous system and damages tissues of its victims.[1] Tests with mice find the venom not to be the most lethal, having an LD50 of 4.0 mg/kg, which compares to the deadliest wasp venom (to mice) by weight of Vespa luctuosa at 1.6 mg/kg. The potency of the sting is due to the relatively large amount of venom injected.[2] Being stung is extremely painful and can require hospital treatment. Asian giant hornet stings in general can cause anaphylactic shock in allergic people, and can be lethal even to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient. Advice in China is that people stung more than 10 times need medical help, an emergency treatment for more than 30 stings. The stings can cause renal failure.[3] Thirty to forty people die in Japan every year after having been stung,[1][4] which makes the Japanese giant hornet the most lethal animal in Japan (bears kill zero to five people[5] and venomous snakes kill five to ten people each year)
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Mother of god......

The hornet.....is deadlier than a bear or snake.....

A BEAR.

And apparently they've spread to France
 
Lizards, the cause of my agony whenever I visit India.. absolutely disgusting, me along my mother we both hate it..
 
Zohaib Shah said:
Just saw one in the house. Boy was it scary.
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19 May 2015.

This will be my final diary entry. At approximately 6pm the final stronghold of human resistance fell on this island today to the lizard swarm. AK47's, M16's, grenades, none of them were a match for scaly wave of amphibians that approached. Many men were lost, many more fled, and now I'm trapped, barricaded inside my garage, nowhere to go, nowhere left to turn.

I sit here with my bottle of Jack Daniels and a pistol, determined to leave on my terms and at the very least deny our new lizard overlords the satisfaction of killing me. I can hear them outside......hissing.......communicating......planning......too many to count.....

They've even learned Morse Code and through this I have managed to determine their next 2 lines of attack.

Michigan USA and Peshawar. Apparently they have contacts there who are more than willing to give them access to a certain wedding, some guy named Ramoon?? I cant tell for sure. But I know one thing, nothing can stop them, nothing can prevent their rise. The lizards are unstoppable. Here is the last picture taken by a scout group sent out 2 weeks ago. They never made it back.....

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Thank God there are none in UK. I hate them too. I'll going to Pakistan in the summer so I'm dreading those ugly yellow creatures too. Aren't there any sprays or something that kills them or cause them to go the hell away?
 
Donal Cozzie said:
So happy i live in Ireland.

No snakes. No killer bugs. No earthquakes. No volcanoes. No hurricanes.

Dont know how asian people can even go outside. Everything kills you. Even walking barefoot gives you parasites (watch monsters inside me btw lol)
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Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Too bad none of our saints had that sort of foresight.
 
The_KING said:
Thank God there are none in UK. I hate them too. I'll going to Pakistan in the summer so I'm dreading those ugly yellow creatures too. Aren't there any sprays or something that kills them or cause them to go the hell away?
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Keep a straw broom handy, also known as tinkay ki jhatoo. This is the only method I know of, to kill them. Smash it hard and hope that it dies. :afridi

This is less disgusting than killing it with something like a slipper, though, cause that would kinda flatten it like a pancake, which we don't really want. :sanga

The irritating part, though, is when you kill it and the tail keeps running around. :facepalm:
 
Abdullah719 said:
Keep a straw broom handy, also known as tinkay ki jhatoo. This is the only method I know of, to kill them. Smash it hard and hope that it dies. :afridi

This is less disgusting than killing it with something like a slipper, though, cause that would kinda flatten it like a pancake, which we don't really want. :sanga

The irritating part, though, is when you kill it and the tail keeps running around. :facepalm:
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Lol no way. I rather die than to confront a lizard.
 
yeh cheez said:
It would be useless anyways, the snakes would just come back. :sharif:tuq:zardari2:mush:BB
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Maybe the Irish were polite to Saint Patrick. The people of Multan weren't so nice to Shams Tabriz. Legend has it that he cursed the city so that it is always hot there.

Let's face it, we are a badtameez people, quite unlike the Irish. Hence the lizards.
 
When I was living in Karachi used to have a whole bunch in every room almost... Killed a bunch with my chapal then scared my sister with it

Seeing more and more here in New York. Haven't seen any come inside yet but I know it won't be long :97:
 
^ Speaking of Karachi, isn't there a type of lizard called a go or goh that is quite prevalent there?

When I was three (yes, long ago), we spent a year in Haiderabad. We moved into a brand new housing scheme and there were a lot of these giant lizards called girgits there. I'm not sure if that is the same thing as a go.
 
Nostalgic said:
^ Speaking of Karachi, isn't there a type of lizard called a go or goh that is quite prevalent there?

When I was three (yes, long ago), we spent a year in Haiderabad. We moved into a brand new housing scheme and there were a lot of these giant lizards called girgits there. I'm not sure if that is the same thing as a go.
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Girgits are basically chameleons. There are in some parts of Karachi but I don't think they're very common inside homes. Can be found in gardens and lawns more, though. In-house lizards in Karachi were normally those small, yellow lizards... though my brother now tells me that we once had a girgit in our bathroom. He had a lizard crawl on his arm once, so he should know all about them. :misbah

Though in all seriousness, Karachi is very large and there may well be some parts where these more nasty and bigger lizards are common. I only know mostly regarding the DHA, Clifton areas.
 
Nostalgic said:
^ Speaking of Karachi, isn't there a type of lizard called a go or goh that is quite prevalent there?

When I was three (yes, long ago), we spent a year in Haiderabad. We moved into a brand new housing scheme and there were a lot of these giant lizards called girgits there. I'm not sure if that is the same thing as a go.
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People would move out of the city if there girgits roaming in house lol

As it is Karachi aunties make a whole big scene when they see these lizards lol.

Btw the ones you see in Pakistan are actually called House Geckos

Aiween lizard naam de diya though its been used so much that they are classified as such too. My friends in college used to think we had colored creatures roaming around our houses. They found it exotic and cool :facepalm: . Only last year did they find out what it truly was
 
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Abdullah719 said:
Though in all seriousness, Karachi is very large and there may well be some parts where these more nasty and bigger lizards are common. I only know mostly regarding the DHA, Clifton areas.
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is it just me or have they become a less common sight to see in recent years

I remember 10 years ago and before you would see a house geck/lizard almost 3-4 times every week during the summer and the drama that would ensure there

but for the last 4-5 yrs its come to a case where you would see them maybe 3-4 times the whole summer now.

Man they are disgusting creatures and make me wanna puke. Not scared of them but there def wont be any tears from my side if they went extinct

The fact that they can hold their breath for several minutes means that there is no other way than to physically kill them. Cant just spray etc like with cockroaches
 
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Has anyone ever seen them drop their tails when trying to run? always thought that was pretty cool
 
Slog said:
is it just me or have they become a less common sight to see in recent years

I remember 10 years ago and before you would see a house geck/lizard almost 3-4 times every week during the summer and the drama that would ensure there

but for the last 4-5 yrs its come to a case where you would see them maybe 3-4 times the whole summer now.

Man they are disgusting creatures and make me wanna puke. Not scared of them but there def wont be any tears from my side if they went extinct

The fact that they can hold their breath for several minutes means that there is no other way than to physically kill them. Can just spray etc like with cockroaches
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I don't know, haven't been in Khi for a few years tbh. Honestly didn't encounter too many while being there, sometimes none for months while sometimes a couple over a few days. Problem is generally if you get an infestation somehow. I don't think anyone particularly likes lizards but I can understand the fuss over it due to it not being as easy to kill as the roaches. Still, my jhatoo technique mostly worked. ;-)
 
Slog said:
is it just me or have they become a less common sight to see in recent years

I remember 10 years ago and before you would see a house geck/lizard almost 3-4 times every week during the summer and the drama that would ensure there

but for the last 4-5 yrs its come to a case where you would see them maybe 3-4 times the whole summer now.

Man they are disgusting creatures and make me wanna puke. Not scared of them but there def wont be any tears from my side if they went extinct

The fact that they can hold their breath for several minutes means that there is no other way than to physically kill them. Can just spray etc like with cockroaches
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They provide a vital part of the local eco system. All animals/insects do so thats a tad harsh.

Besides what the issue? As far as I know they dont bite,sting etc., they just wanna hang out on the couch and watch the game with a few mates, no different than me or you :))

Thivagar said:
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Y'all don't have water monitor lizard in Pakistan ?
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What a legend, he owns that road, motorbike better watch out.

Probably about to steal that car GTA style too
 
I dont think people are afraid of lizards.

I know they cant do anything at all but I feel uncomfortable if im in the same room and definitely cant just chill in the room till they re gone
 
Abdullah719 said:
Girgits are basically chameleons. There are in some parts of Karachi but I don't think they're very common inside homes. Can be found in gardens and lawns more, though. In-house lizards in Karachi were normally those small, yellow lizards... though my brother now tells me that we once had a girgit in our bathroom. He had a lizard crawl on his arm once, so he should know all about them. :misbah

Though in all seriousness, Karachi is very large and there may well be some parts where these more nasty and bigger lizards are common. I only know mostly regarding the DHA, Clifton areas.
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Slog said:
People would move out of the city if there girgits roaming in house lol

As it is Karachi aunties make a whole big scene when they see these lizards lol.

Btw the ones you see in Pakistan are actually called House Geckos

Aiween lizard naam de diya though its been used so much that they are classified as such too. My friends in college used to think we had colored creatures roaming around our houses. They found it exotic and cool :facepalm: . Only last year did they find out what it truly was
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Therein lies the confusion: the ones in Haiderabad were called girgits, but they certainly weren't chameleons. They didn't blend into the surroundings, change color or anything. They were just really large versions of the house lizard/geckos.

By the way, why is the Gieco Gecko with the cockney accent green? The geckos/lizards in Pakistan weren't green.
 
Nostalgic said:
Therein lies the confusion: the ones in Haiderabad were called girgits, but they certainly weren't chameleons. They didn't blend into the surroundings, change color or anything. They were just really large versions of the house lizard/geckos.

By the way, why is the Gieco Gecko with the cockney accent green? The geckos/lizards in Pakistan weren't green.
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That must have been a 'go'.

I don't know what they are, but they are scary as hell. There was a story our relatives used to tell us - you would die if a go ever counted your teeth. We (an entire generation of cousins, that is) believed it for a long time until we grew up and realised how badly we've been trolled :))) :facepalm:
 
blinding light said:
That must have been a 'go'.

I don't know what they are, but they are scary as hell. There was a story our relatives used to tell us - you would die if a go ever counted your teeth. We (an entire generation of cousins, that is) believed it for a long time until we grew up and realised how badly we've been trolled :))) :facepalm:
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Well, to count your teeth, it would need to climb into your mouth, and you'll choke, so... it isn't too far from the truth.

For the record, I am a Progressive customer. I would take the hot Progressive auntie over the Gieco Gecko any day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_(Progressive_Insurance)
 
Also for the record, I've murdered one, and only one, lizard/gecko in my entire life.

There was one in my bathroom. I never saw it on the floor, always on the wall. It would stay rooted in one spot for hours on end. I had a plan to get rid of it. And I waited days to put into action. All the while not being able to step into the bathroom. I would turn on the light, take a quick look inside to see where the thing was before shutting the door.

I quickly deduced that it was moving in a counter-clockwise circle on the walls. One day, I finally found it where I wanted it: on the exhaust fan. Quick as lightning, I turned the fan on, and shut the door. There was a machine-gun-like rat-tat-tat sound as the exhaust fan turned it into mincemeat.

It turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory, because now there were bits of lizard mincemeat all over the floor, and also outside in the yard. Thank God for naukranis. Poor lady had to clean it all up.
 
CricketCartoons said:
The only lizard I am interested in is the Sanda lizard. Well known for its oil.
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I didn't know what that was, but Wikipedia mentions the oil and its uses.

This reminds me of reading VS Naipaul's "Among the Believers." In the chapter about Pakistan, he mentions coming across lizard vendors outside the district courts in Karachi. Apparently you don't need to go through the rigmarole of getting the oil from the fat, you can consume certain organs to achieve the same purported benefits as the oil. I'll let you guess which organs.

I've never seen a lizard vendor in Pakistan, but they must exist because the Wikipedia page has a picture of one, in Rawalpindi of all places.
 
Nostalgic said:
Well, to count your teeth, it would need to climb into your mouth, and you'll choke, so... it isn't too far from the truth.

For the record, I am a Progressive customer. I would take the hot Progressive auntie over the Gieco Gecko any day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_(Progressive_Insurance)
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Yeah, but how absurd was this! :)) One of my uncles is notorious for making up such stories, I'm pretty sure he's the one who fooled us with this.

Gieco Gecko is cuter than that aunty :sanga
 
Nostalgic said:
^ Speaking of Karachi, isn't there a type of lizard called a go or goh that is quite prevalent there?

When I was three (yes, long ago), we spent a year in Haiderabad. We moved into a brand new housing scheme and there were a lot of these giant lizards called girgits there. I'm not sure if that is the same thing as a go.
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Aren't they called 'kro'( the giant version of the house lizard better known as karkilli)?
 
Mamoon said:
i beg you to delete the lizard pics from this thread and never post again. Please. I won't be able to visit it otherwise. I have placed my hand on the screen while posting this
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Man up, Mamoon my boy! :murali

How are you going to deal with a leopard when all it takes is a tiny lizard to frighten you out of your wits, eh?
 
First time I see this thread (My first summer on PP).

I share the same sentiments for lizards as OP.

Have tried naphthalene balls for lizards this year. They are not finished completely but they do run away from them and number of lizards is considerably lower since I am using those balls.

I am ok with them when they stay on walls or behind lights but its scary when they walk on floor or roof particularly when they are above your head (since I have seen them falling from roof many times).

I used to be a bird-hunter when I was younger so I am good with pellet/air gun. But I have stopped following that method since its scary to hold them even after they are dead. Plus it leaves holes on the walls sometimes even if you hit them.

I find cockroaches and moths annoying but they are not scary like lizards. Can easily kill them and hold them to garbage but can't do the same for lizards.
 
are they as common in rest of the country too as they are in khi?

someone once told me that khi's closeness to the sea is why there are chipkalis here. Didnt give the logic behind it but had no reason not to take his word
 
Donal Cozzie said:
They provide a vital part of the local eco system. All animals/insects do so thats a tad harsh.

Besides what the issue? As far as I know they dont bite,sting etc., they just wanna hang out on the couch and watch the game with a few mates, no different than me or you :))
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theyre very sketch in the way they hang out behind you or just chill on the roof and then pounce out of nowhere to eat an insecto r sth

i have this phobia of lizards where i cannot sleep if i know theres on in the house let alone my room.
 
Slog said:
theyre very sketch in the way they hang out behind you or just chill on the roof and then pounce out of nowhere to eat an insecto r sth

i have this phobia of lizards where i cannot sleep if i know theres on in the house let alone my room.
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Although not common in Mumbai and certainly never seen them in my house but once while travelling through Uttarakhand, I saw a pair of them on the ceiling, right over the bed. I imagined them falling on me so I couldnt sleep the whole night and this was after sleeping 2 nights straight in the car stuck in a massive landslide.
 
Slog said:
are they as common in rest of the country too as they are in khi?

someone once told me that khi's closeness to the sea is why there are chipkalis here. Didnt give the logic behind it but had no reason not to take his word
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Well atleast they are in abundance in Punjab region. Sargodha, Jhelum, Faisalabad, Rwp etc. Have visited Karachi and KPK only a few times so I can't compare exactly.

But what I have heard of is that coastal areas do have some additional species of lizards. So that might add to overall lizard per capita of Karachi. :13:
 
Mamoon said:
Who else dreads these terrible creatures? :(

I hate summers for this sole reason; I my door with a cloth every night so that it doesn't sneak into my room underneath the door and I have taped every single crack I can find but yet somehow these ninjas manage to get into rooms :(

Tried everything, egg shells, peacock feathers, life boy soap even (yes you read it right) :afridi. Nothing works.

Worst part is I cant even kill them. I'd rather get stabbed to death then confront a lizard.

In summers I walk at a speed of 1 cm an hour in my house. I'm that cautious and when I see one, my heartbeat races and run away as if I'm being chased by a dog.

I've also screamed at times :wahab
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you are lucky that have only lizardswhittall.jpg

http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/672525.html
 
Donal Cozzie said:
They provide a vital part of the local eco system. All animals/insects do so thats a tad harsh.

Besides what the issue? As far as I know they dont bite,sting etc., they just wanna hang out on the couch and watch the game with a few mates, no different than me or you :))



What a legend, he owns that road, motorbike better watch out.

Probably about to steal that car GTA style too
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Look at his swagger, just look how he takes his steps. [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] will love to wake up and see this guy chilling in his backyard.

 
Dude, [MENTION=138463]Slog[/MENTION], lizards aren't that common in KHI. :p I don't see them that often, thank God. :))
 
96NotOut said:
Dude, [MENTION=138463]Slog[/MENTION], lizards aren't that common in KHI. :p I don't see them that often, thank God. :))
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one hosue lizard a year is one lizard too many
 
Slog said:
one hosue lizard a year is one lizard too many
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Consider youself lucky you dont live on the Komodos Islands, home to the largest lizards in the world, the Komodo Dragon.

They have actually been known to eat children.

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Donal Cozzie said:
Consider youself lucky you dont live on the Komodos Islands, home to the largest lizards in the world, the Komodo Dragon.

They have actually been known to eat children.
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Whats with ppl sharing pics of these things. Might have to find some rule and delete them all through my mod powers ;-). Maybe ill say these pics are unsuitable for children. :misbah

also you make it sound like these reptiles hump on you from the side walk or randomly chill under your bed and then come out middle of the night and say 'Hi' in this particular island
 
Slog said:
Whats with ppl sharing pics of these things. Might have to find some rule and delete them all through my mod powers ;-). Maybe ill say these pics are unsuitable for children. :misbah

also you make it sound like these reptiles hump on you from the side walk or randomly chill under your bed and then come out middle of the night and say 'Hi' in this particular island
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They're actually a fascinating species, who live only on this small Indonesian island. Nat Geo had a documentary on them I saw once.

They dont live with the locals obviously, but they have been known to enter their farmlands and eat livestock.

Their diet consists mainly of carcasses but they eat live prey. One story I saw was of a local child and his older brother who went walking in the countryside, the kid went into a bush to relieve himself and was attacked and killed by one of these things.

Also, there was a pretty famous scientist who loved studying these things, went into the countryside and was never seen again. There are 2 theories as to what happened next

1. He was attacked and eaten by a pack of these lizards (they travel in groups btw lolz)

2. More likely scenario. He as a man in his early 60s IIRC, suffered a heart attack and died in the late evening. These dragons have a keen sense of smell and can smell a body from miles away. They descended on his corpse and well you know the rest.

They are also able to run very very fast as well, so not to be messed with :misbah

Their teeth are some of the most bacteria filled on earth, one bite turns septic and can easily kill.

Infamously a pack of them once killed a French tourist and left nothing behind but a pair of bloodied shoes. A truly horrifying way to go
 
Some interesting info.

Documented Komodo Dragon Incidents
More than a dozen people have been killed by dragons in the past 20 years.
In 1931 a 14 year old boy was bitten on the buttocks and bled to death in 30 minutes.
In 1947 a policeman from a nearby island attempted to pet a large dragon. It lunged up and literally tore out his bicep. He died of infection a week later.
A French tourist was killed in 1986. The feeding frenzy left only his bloodstained shoes.
In 1989 a German tourist was killed by dragons - all that was ever found of him was his mangled glasses.
In 2010 a young boy was just killed when a Komodo grabbed him by the waist and shook him, the boy bled to death. His body was rescued by his uncle.

Komodo Dragon Fun Facts
Komodo Dragons are the largest lizards in the world!
These modern day dragons are native to Indonesia.
Diet: rodents, fish, snakes, wild goats and pigs, and deer (but they have been known to eat pretty much whatever they can catch or get a good bite into, which includes a foolhardy tourist when the opportunity arises).
Young dragons are brightly patterned and are more delicately built.
They spend most of their youth in trees and descend to the ground only when they are large enough to avoid being eaten by larger dragons.
Adult female dragons can be up to 7.5 feet long. The males are much larger reaching 10 feet in length and can weigh up to 300 pounds.
The Komodo Dragon is one of the most intelligent of all reptiles and has senses far more advanced than other lizards. Their vision and sense of smell are highly sophisticated - they can distinguish different keepers and even different clothing worn by their keepers.

Conservation Status: Endangered
Komodo Dragons are an endangered species - there are only about 5000 dragons left in the wild due to human threats and natural disasters. Currently, there are approximately 50 Komodos in the United States, many of which are the result of captive breeding programs at several American zoos (they have been successfully bred in captivity for only the past two decades due to their highly specialized husbandry requirements)

Maybe I should adopt two and introduce them to the Karchi eco system for [MENTION=138463]Slog[/MENTION] :yk
 
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