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Neurergus kaiseri: defensive posture

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For some unknown reason, this little fella managed to escape from the meticulous care of my father, and apparently hid under a big water bucket.

Some days later, I was dragging that same bucket (don't ask...) when I saw it on the floor. At first, I thought I killed it, but a more detailed observation revealed the truth.

After seeing the disconcerting view, I asked myself: should I lick it? But then, I remembered Johnny's bad experience, and decided to take some photos instead.

It stayed in that position about 15 minutes, and only gave up when I put it in water.
 

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ferreron said:
For some unknown reason, this little fella managed to escape from the meticulous care of my father, and apparently hid under a big water bucket.

Some days later, I was dragging that same bucket (don't ask...) when I saw it on the floor. At first, I thought I killed it, but a more detailed observation revealed the truth.

After seeing the disconcerting view, I asked myself: should I lick it? But then, I remembered Johnny's bad experience, and decided to take some photos instead.

It stayed in that position about 15 minutes, and only gave up when I put it in water.
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Hahah yes you should have sucked the poison out of its tail like johnny. joking.
Indeed incredible, looks like he was in true panic to eject toxins like that. I've only witness it once or twice in extreme cases when the animal suffers a great trauma (hitting the floor or an extremity when it slips from my hands.)
Thanks for sharing.
 
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Thanks for posting Carlos very cool, I keep this species and have never seen this yet.
 
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Those are trully remarkable pictures, Carlos, it was about time you uploaded them!

Linus, let´s hope you´ll never see it xD The poor fella must have freaked out.
 
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