What have you been bitten / stung / attacked by

[Mobsta]

The deadlier the more impressive, here or abroad.

Ive had a few bee stings, rat, hamster and gerbil bites (a few down to the bone, which smarted) and have been slobbered on by worms (which may have been trying to kill me, cant say for sure). I was nearly bitten a number of times by various venomous snakes, but only whilst dreaming. Ive been feasted upon by both bed bugs and fleas (thankfully only one session with each) horse flies, forest ants and mosquitoes. Ive been chased by geese - cant stand those flappy footed big billed long necked twunts, and a goat when I was 4, which I remember disliking immensely.

Like most folk, Ive been snapped at by dogs countless times, but not bitten in anger, dogs don't bother me unless they are stting on my lawn or trying to make a sexy time with either of my legs.
That is all.

Anyone been swiped at or bitten by a British adder, or anything remotely more exotic?

Edited by Mobsta on Thursday 30th June 22:38

[snowy slopes]

I got bitten by the lesser spotted SWT once, does that count?? Had a wallaby and an emu give me a very stern look a while back, in a wildlife back where they roam free, and been sheperded off some land by a stag years ago. He didnt attack, but made us leave the area, by making us head to a certain corner of the moor, as he cut off the rest from us. And they say animals are dumb

[MitchT]

Women.

[db]

hardly impressive, but i was once peed on by a moth.
other than that, nothing more than wasps. fecking hate the wee bds

[P I Staker]

Midges.

[Mobsta]

snowy slopes said:

I got bitten by the lesser spotted SWT once, does that count??

Not sure. The top result for "lesser spotted SWT" in Google is this thread
No, I dont know what it is. Was it a love bite?

snowy slopes said:

Had a wallaby and an emu give me a very stern look a while back, in a wildlife back where they roam free, and been sheperded off some land by a stag years ago. He didnt attack, but made us leave the area, by making us head to a certain corner of the moor, as he cut off the rest from us. And they say animals are dumb

Perhaps he wanted his wicked way with you, on his favourite rutting grounds

Very clever

[98elise]

Many wasps. If you have to deal with a wasps nest, a shovel is not the right tool.

[gog440]

I was bitten by a spider once, little bd was hiding inside a t shirt I put on and it bit me on the belly. Came up in a big red mark like a wasp sting and hurt like hell (well I was only about 10)

[blindswelledrat]

I was bitten by a python once, although its not quite a glamorous as it sounds.

[Ricky_M]

snowy slopes said:

I got bitten by the lesser spotted SWT once, does that count??

??

Only once?

[blinkythefish]

98elise said:

Many wasps. If you have to deal with a wasps nest, a shovel is not the right tool.

This may be the thread you want.......

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Kays vRS]

Midges. Millions of midges. Ticks every so often, an ant (that hurt), mosquitoes, my old boss's dog, and stung by wasps once or twice. Nothing unusual.

I was attacked by a duck once.

[blindswelledrat]

mildly amusing anecdote that my wife still goes on about.
We were staying at a lodge in teh amazon once lazing in some hammocks. She suddenly started getting all womany because she had a larger than normal ant on her. She started shouting "Help, get it off get it off before it bites me". I scornfully replied from my reclined position "Im not getting up. Its a fking ant FFS, stop being such a baby- it can't hurt you".
Said ant only proceeded to sink it jaws into her stomach enough to draw blood to screams and curses. Shes never realy forgiven me for that one

[Cheese Mechanic]

Bitten by a hamster. Stung by wasps and bees. Bitten by red ants.

Bitten by a Cairn Terrier , Yorkshire Terrier, Jack Russel (twice)

Attacked by Alsatian, cuts to left arm, killed it with a hammer. (Very scary this one)

Also had a rat in me sleeping bag once....in some ways even scarier than the Alsatian.

[chrismcg1]

Mosquito in Kenya - got back to good ol Blighty and (after I collpased) local hospital could not work out what was wrong with me - did tests for lassa fever, cholera, typhoid etc and then sent me on my way (even got a junior doctor to attempt a lumber puncture on me) - collapsed again and they then stated it could be malaria ffs. (This was the Luton and Dunstable hospital - the L & D or as we call it the Lethal & Deadly) - nearly killed me the bds.

Edited to add was a really good holiday!

[AndyT77]

I've been given quite a nasty bite from the old family sausage dog when i was about 7. Never been stung by a wasp or a bee, and to this day i'm st scared of when it might happen!

[TheLurker]

Cheese Mechanic said:

Also had a rat in me sleeping bag once....in some ways even scarier than the Alsatian.

That has made me squirm a little. Actually, a lot.

[Defcon5]

Wasp, dog, horse, human

[Vytalis]

I surfaced into a pretty nasty jellyfish while in the Maldives. Fortunately, I had done the ascent correctly and it got my hand - the guys in the dhoni (boat) dragged me out of the water by the valve on my tank and all I could focus on was the veins in my arm slowly going black moving up my arm.

The scars showed underwater for about five years after.

[Night Runner]

Cheese Mechanic said:

Attacked by Alsatian, cuts to left arm, killed it with a hammer. (Very scary this one)

WTF?