>Walking home
>See something fluttering on the ground
>"Is that two butterflies mating, wtf"
>It's this
>"Oh shit, a cicada!"
>Looks like it was hit by a car
>Pick it up from the road and move it to a grassy area
>Be all pumped cause I think I saw my first cicada ever and got to help it out
>Get home
>It was just a giant waterbug
>One of the single most painful bites in the insect kingdom
>That feel when it didn't bite me but probably would have
![possum_poster[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jxkeJYk.jpg "possum_poster[1].jpg")
Basically I feel like I rescued a cat only to find out it wasn't a cat but a rabid opossum
I remember during swim practice one of those guys managed to get into the pool. We were messing with it a ton and I think it just swam into the filter or lane line to get away. I already knew not to fuck with them but I thought it would be pretty funny if one of my friends got bit so I didn't tell them about what they were messing with. I showed them the Wikipedia about it the next day and they flipped out. Good times
>>2116320
>first cicada
You broke your virginity and didn't even get to hear them?
Disappointing.
The lack of a head and the weird front legs should have been the give away
>>2116320
I've been looking for one of these bastards since I got the Audubon insect guide at 3. Cicadas are a dime for an infinite amount of cicadas.
>>2116320
Youtube is great for fucking Lethocerus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcNOstUvuls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFK-dMTP2E
>>2116320
Well this is just a happy ending for everyone. You didn't get bitten by a giant water-bug, and the water-bug didn't get hit by a car.
>>2116612
Kek those screams.
I got bit by one of those once, but a smaller one. I was surprised.
>>2116320
>One of the single most painful bites in the insect kingdom
>insect kingdom
>>2116320
If I ever see one of these bugs I am going to pulverize it with the hardest object available to me. I'm not big on killing things, but those things have no business living.
>>2117611
Kek this
>>2116321
Possums can't get rabies.
>>2117672
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_in_animals#Opossums
>>2117672
Yes they can. It's just not as common with them.
