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Originally Posted by Reen.Blom
Thanks for the links! Do they really bite??? When I was small I kept them as pets... LOL And now the other day one flew in my hair and I almost freaked out...LOL
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Experts say they don't bite, but I have been bitten by one, but then I was trying to pick it up at the time, extracting it from the hair of a family member. Perhaps I was rough with it, and it was fighting back with it's only defence, it's rather strong jaws. So, I would say, they can bite, in defence if needed, but probably don't normally. They do squeal though, even more so, when you hit them with an electrified fly swatter, just got to watch where they land, so they don't start a grass fire.
Maybe the squealing has an effect when they get swatted, as after one or two hits, they generally keep clear.
Electric fly swatter