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If you're trying to cool yourself down with a wet towel, is it better to put it on the front of back of your neck?
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Ice cube where your spine meets your skull.
Mise
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You should cool your blood vessels so that they carry the Cold through your body.
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I haven't seen many yet. Be sure to check your dog thoroughly when you take him/her on walks.
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They've been really bad here. My Dogs keep dragging them inside form the back yard for the past 4 weeks or so.
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Well Owen lives in the land of milk, honey, sunshine and quadruple rainbows (California) so that's why he hasn't had a tick problem. Yet.
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I haven't been bothered by them either.
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We usually get them really bad over here. Lots of deer and lots of tall grass means a ton of ticks. There's a bush called the ceanothus in California which is notorious dubbed the "tickbush" because in the summer it's not uncommon to see dozens of ticks hanging out on the branches waiting to jump onto passerby.
But yeah ticks are not fun. The worst is seeing engorged ones waddling around on your kitchen floor a couple days after a hike.
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Yeah, once I stepped on something squishy. I turned and looked at it and thought it was a rather large purple grape. Then I saw the tiny legs on it and gagged.
Hobbs, MO has had a TON of rain this spring(for example, I've had 8" in the last seven days), and it's also been a relatively cool spring. It's June and we're in the 70s right now. Wet and not 100+? Yeah, ticks are gonna do fine, along with every other insect.
I've already encountered one tick this year, which is one more than that past several years combined.
Caught it on my shirt right before I went to bed a couple days ago, don't believe it bit me but gave me quite the fright.
Caught it on my shirt right before I went to bed a couple days ago, don't believe it bit me but gave me quite the fright.
PlutonianEmpire
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Which are generally more poisonous, centipedes, or millipedes? And which are bigger in size?
MagisterCultuum
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I think that those both vary much more within each category than between them.
Most Centipedes are venomous (their poison is only in their bite), but not so many have jaws strong enough to penetrate human skin. The venom in a centipede bite is rarely fatal to humans, but can cause a great deal of pain and swelling and dangerous allergic reactions in some people. It is pretty similar to a bee sting.
Some millipedes can secrete poisons from the sides of their bodies. These are usually pretty harmless to humans, but can cause itching and swelling that could be serious if it gets in the eyes. They cannot bite or sting.
Both millipedes and centipedes can range from about 2 millimeters to about 1 foot. The largest species of millipede is a couple inches larger than the largest species of centipede. However, the centipedes I have seen in real life tended to be about twice the size of the millipedes I've seen in real life.)
Most Centipedes are venomous (their poison is only in their bite), but not so many have jaws strong enough to penetrate human skin. The venom in a centipede bite is rarely fatal to humans, but can cause a great deal of pain and swelling and dangerous allergic reactions in some people. It is pretty similar to a bee sting.
Some millipedes can secrete poisons from the sides of their bodies. These are usually pretty harmless to humans, but can cause itching and swelling that could be serious if it gets in the eyes. They cannot bite or sting.
Both millipedes and centipedes can range from about 2 millimeters to about 1 foot. The largest species of millipede is a couple inches larger than the largest species of centipede. However, the centipedes I have seen in real life tended to be about twice the size of the millipedes I've seen in real life.)
Because it wasn't originally pronounced like "f", it was pronounced, more or less, like "p-h".
There's some nonsense about aspiration and plosives and all that garbage that I don't really know about, but that's the basic idea.
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I am pretty sure you switched millipedes and centipedes here. You know what? Nevermind, I dont have a clue.
In ancient Greek, it's ph, while in modern Greek, it's f. Essentially, f is a fricative sound, while ph is a plosive: plosive sounds involve actually closing off the flow of air for a split second, while fricatives merely involve forcing air through a narrow channel. Similarly, in modern Greek, beta sounds like v in English, while it sounded like b in Ancient Greek. This is partly why we have the place names 'Sevastopol' (from sebastos and polis; 'venerable city') and 'Istanbul' (one of my favourite etymologies: it's from eis ten polin, Greek for 'to the city' - the city dominated the surrounding area so much that if you asked a local 'where does this road go?' or looked at a road sign, they only needed to say 'to the city').
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