Poll of the Day > Have you ever been bitten by an animal before?

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I've been bit my a German Shepherd and a Rabbit
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Yes, and I'm guessing anyone who has been around pets has.
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Does your mother count?
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Snakes, lizards, cats, dogs, birds, goats, horses, donkeys, llamas, fish... quite a few things :S
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Blaqthourne posted...

Yes, and I'm guessing anyone who has been around pets has.

Eh, never been bitten by a dog I owned, and I don't really count those little play bites that cats and puppies do.

Doctor Foxx posted...

Snakes, lizards, cats, dogs, birds, goats, horses, donkeys, llamas, fish... quite a few things :S

damn girl, where's your superpowers?

Far-Queue posted...

Does your mother count?

*struck in the heart* *cries*
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Far-Queue posted...

Does your mother count?

Yes. The worst two are from dogs. One was from helping to break up a fight between two of our pitbulls. I caught a canine between the knuckles on my left hand. Didn't even feel it until a couple minutes after. The other was from when I was playing with one of the pits when he was a puppy. His sharp little puppy tooth caught me on the inside of my elbow and it got infected. My arm got tingly a few days later and gave me a small panic attack lol. Thankfully that cleared up on its own though. I think I inadvertently caused the bite to get infected, by keeping it too moist, as it cleared up pretty fast after I kept the wound to open air.

Neither instance do I blame the dogs for the bites though. The dogs weren't trying to be aggressive towards the people breaking them up, just each other. I just stuck my hand in the wrong spot. The puppy bite came from a play session and it's not like he was biting hard, just had a really pointy needle like tooth.

I get bitten quite often from one of the cats too. I'm always messing with her and she goes from chill, to fuck off, pretty quickly. She doesn't bite hard enough to puncture though, just once when she caught me in a soft spot.
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darcandkharg31 posted...

damn girl, where's your superpowers?

superpowers? hah. super scars if anything
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if bugs count.....just bugs

Doctor Foxx posted...

Snakes, lizards, cats, dogs, birds, goats, horses, donkeys, llamas, fish... quite a few things :S

By your powers combined, I am Animal Planet!
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Yes, by every kind of animal I've ever owned... although technically with the rooster it was a peck not a bite because a bite requires teeth or something.

EDIT: Maybe not *every* kinda. I never got bitten by salamanders, fish (which would have entailed sticking my finger into the water or something), frogs, caterpillars/butterflies, and some of the other smaller stuff.

And I can't recall any bite being serious, although I'm sure some may have drawn blood.
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dragon504 posted...

The puppy bite came from a play session and it's not like he was biting hard, just had a really pointy needle like tooth.

I sometimes forget about even a puppy pitbull can wreck shit, there used to be this pitbull in my old village that my cousin had, they took care of it well and it was only like 2 months old but it really did not like other dogs and ended up killing two other full grown dogs. Last I seen they kept him chained up.
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'Nah'

Good lord, but so much running to prevent it when I was younger.

Got bit by a turtle once. Do not recommend
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XlaxJynx007 posted...

Got bit by a turtle once. Do not recommend

Oh yeah, add that to my list, I forgot I had turtles when I was little.
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a chihuahua

i didn't even realize i was a bitten until later that day while taking a shower and there was the "wound" from the bite
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Parrots, cats, dogs, rabbits. Parrot bites fucking suck

Cat, dog, rabbit, rat, snake, chinchilla, lizard, turtle, hedgehog, ferret, horse, parrot, mouse, chicken and probably a few more that I don't remember. None of them caused any major injuries. But many did result in bleeding.

OhhhJa posted...

Parrot bites f***ing suck

Yes they do. They go deep and hurt for days. Especially when it's on a finger. Having tamed several asshole parrots and helped with caring for wild breeding pairs I recieved more than my fair share of parrot bites over the years. The worst one was a bite on my forearm from a green winged macaw. He was usually nice but for one reason or another decided to bite me that day and he grabbed a nice chunk of flesh when he did it.
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The only remarkable ones have been from parrots.
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darcandkharg31 posted...

Have you ever been bitten by an animal before?

Yeah. Just Hamsters though as I had many as pets growing up and my sisters dog. At first most will always bite you until they trust you. Even then they still might.
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If play bites from my pet dogs and cats count, then yes, otherwise No.
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Bugmeat posted...

The worst one was a bite on my forearm from a green winged macaw.

Yeah man... I've heard macaws are the worst to get bitten by. Luckily, I've only ever been bitten by a blue fronted amazon that I grew up with

Only once by a friends dog unless play biting counts. Have had dozens of dogs but while a couple bit others frequently none have ever bit me. Only ever had one cat but none of the strays i ever fed/went to pet bit or scratched either. No issues with any rabbits or the farmish animals ive dealt with either.

Only met a few animals that made it clear theyd attack if i got too close so just didnt. Surprised so many get bit lots x_x
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Yes, many many times.
Think the weirdest was a koala. Hurt like a bitch but it was just a warning bite. They got scary mouths.

It take care of a lot of the stray cats/dogs in my neighborhood and a couple have bitten me. Raccoon once. Fox once. Deer once. Horse once. Lots.
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Only about three-four times.
Once from a friends dog when I was a kid. I went to pet her and touched her lip and she latched on to my hand. She didn't bite super hard but hard enough to bruise my hand. They other bites are from when my family owned a Guinea Pig. The little bugger liked to bite you if you scratched near his chest, man did those bites ever hurt. He just wouldn't let go.
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snow leopard

Yeah, by just cats.
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Dogs, cats, rodents.

Buggers have me at 3:0 for biting. Unless you count meat, in which case it's not even close.

i was bitten by a dog as a baby. don't remember it, but i still have a scar from it
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yes a dog twice, both the same dog, both times I did something to deserve it still sport a scar. (only once though did I do something mean to deserve it, got to rough playing with him, second time I was breaking up a fight between him and another dog) and I couldn't count how many times a rat has bit me. (domesticated rats)

also cats plenty of times but 99% of time its just warning bite where they don't even break skin. they are just letting you know they really don't want to be held right now. though one managed to bite me through protective gloves once when I volunteered at the shelter.
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You know how cats can be. Besides that just humans. Those are hot <3
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The_Numerous posted...

You know how cats can be. Besides that just humans. Those are hot <3

forgot about humans, I do consider them just as much animal as any other.
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"Silly Gohan! Animals don't eat people, people eat animals! Silly Gohan!"

Okay, DBZA jokes aside, yes, by a few dogs and cats. Usually not in an "I want to rip you to bits" way. Typically more of a "this is how I play" way (dogs) or a "go away" way (cats).
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Dogs, cats, ferrets, horses, mice, rabbits.

My brother's Pittbull bit my knee once by accident. Our neighbor's dog came over and got in a fight with him. While trying to separate them, he bit my knee. He just barely got me, but it still left a decent sized cut.

Also, my dad apparently bit me that time he tried to kill me. I don't remember getting bitten, but the next day I found several bite marks bruised onto my shoulder and upper arm. lol
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EightySeven posted...

snow leopard

Holy shit...
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I was bit by an animal twice. What option do I pick?

My dog just bit me earlier. It was an accident, we were playing tug of war and he tried to get a better grip.

Yeah some old woman's chihuahua ran out and bit me on the leg when I was 7 or so

She felt terrible and came and to clean the bite and bandage it up. I told my parents about it but I told them I didn't remember which house the dog came out of because I didn't want the ladies dog to be put down
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Not counting my pets, I've been bitten by a snake, a rat, and a rabbit.
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Mead posted...

I told my parents about it but I told them I didn't remember which house the dog came out of because I didn't want the ladies dog to be put down

That was actually probably a good call.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I was bit by an animal twice. What option do I pick?

None, git out
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Bad poll discrimination

Yep - quite a few times, by quite a few different animals.

Got a series of iguana bites when I was younger (plus one when I was older when she didn't want to be touched due to a bad injury), one from our family dog (didn't realise she had a treat with her and made the mistake of grabbing for her collar; she was usually a very friendly dog, but was extremely defensive when food was involved), several from turtles, rabbits, a llama, a goat, a guinea pig, probably some others I'm forgetting too...
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When my dog was a puppy, he accidentally bit me. It left a scar.
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By many cats in a friendly manner.
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I've had a rabbit confuse my finger for a carrot and damn near tear off my nail. I've also been bitten by a dog.

I have this vague memory that a zoo or farm animal also attacked me once, but this might be my imagination.

Also, I've recently been reminded that baby animals have pointier teeth than adults. My old cat likes to gently chew my fingers, and so does my new kitten, but the kitten hurts like hell when she does it.
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Dog and a mouse.

Cats, Dogs, Hamster. I think that's it.

Mainly cats, as our old cat was super mean. My gf's cats play bite with me.

Yes, yes I have. Lost my hand to an alligator.


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The worst was a horse bite. I was training a 2 year old thoroughbred and trying to put a halter on her. She knocked me down and bit my leg so fucking hard.