Excellent analysis Tor - I guess it’s all about the chewing. Once the mouth is too big to chew it’s going to be a slower process for the victim, with a lot more time for rumination, ironically.
Nice to see Tremors get a mention too - I’ve always felt Fred Ward was an underrated actor… but then he didn’t help himself by choosing Henry and June, I guess…that was a stinker.
I loved this. Phylis! I also have an early memory of a pet shop with monkeys in the suburban West London area. I was thrilled by this when very small and it's obviously horrifying to think of now!
Well, now I’m terrified of Jewel Wasps! I’d never heard of them before but now I’m wondering how long before they move from beetles to me in my sleep 😳
Lots of something small is much scarier than a big thing with teeth! I’ve never recovered from seeing Swarm when I was too young!
I remember that Richmond pet shop! I used to love looking in there (but never got bitten). Also best historic Richmond shops Craftsmith and Tridias… just a 65 bus ride and 50 years away ❤️
Wait, no. I’ve thought about it this more than I really should’ve but it must be worse to be eaten by something enormous like a pleisiosaur (sp?) for example (let’s forget the T rex, too corny). Because you would be slightly bitten and then ingested and then it would be a matter of being dissolved in stomach acid. Hopefully the suffocation would get you first. But surely it would be quicker to be eaten by a polar bear. I might be biased since my comic often has a theme of polar bears eating humans. Which is awful, of course, except in a comic. When it is well worth it to meet the deadline.
I’m writing this on Anzac Day which is a public holiday here. I give myself public holidays now even though I’m self employed. So forgive me as I’ve had a couple of glasses of bubbles. I’m not sure whether this is acceptable either as Anzac Day is a day for commemorating war veterans.
Well, I personally think this explains a lot, Tor! I did wonder about the foaming at the mouth and gnashing!! Haw haw! Love this! You Freeman’s are too tasty, clearly! Xxx
Of all these things with big toothy maws, the Meg has scared me most of all. (And I love sharks!) I've been bitten by a squirrel when I was offering it a peanut. I guess he was looking for some insurance that I'd drop the peanut, rather than having to play cute animal and take it from my hand. I respect that.
So many strong points in this newsletter. My most feared animal (currently) is the american bully XXL (don't @ me, I've heard all the claims about what sweethearts they are). It's hard to imagine death by sandworm being worse than death by dog.
Lolololol. I LOVE that family comic. The bare stomach! Your poor sister! I feel so crass saying this but are you aware of the film 'Teeth' (2007) ? Would like to see the Vagina Dentata on the scary scale. X
Excellent analysis Tor - I guess it’s all about the chewing. Once the mouth is too big to chew it’s going to be a slower process for the victim, with a lot more time for rumination, ironically.
Nice to see Tremors get a mention too - I’ve always felt Fred Ward was an underrated actor… but then he didn’t help himself by choosing Henry and June, I guess…that was a stinker.
I loved this. Phylis! I also have an early memory of a pet shop with monkeys in the suburban West London area. I was thrilled by this when very small and it's obviously horrifying to think of now!
MAW of this please x
Well, now I’m terrified of Jewel Wasps! I’d never heard of them before but now I’m wondering how long before they move from beetles to me in my sleep 😳
Lots of something small is much scarier than a big thing with teeth! I’ve never recovered from seeing Swarm when I was too young!
I remember that Richmond pet shop! I used to love looking in there (but never got bitten). Also best historic Richmond shops Craftsmith and Tridias… just a 65 bus ride and 50 years away ❤️
Wait, no. I’ve thought about it this more than I really should’ve but it must be worse to be eaten by something enormous like a pleisiosaur (sp?) for example (let’s forget the T rex, too corny). Because you would be slightly bitten and then ingested and then it would be a matter of being dissolved in stomach acid. Hopefully the suffocation would get you first. But surely it would be quicker to be eaten by a polar bear. I might be biased since my comic often has a theme of polar bears eating humans. Which is awful, of course, except in a comic. When it is well worth it to meet the deadline.
I’m writing this on Anzac Day which is a public holiday here. I give myself public holidays now even though I’m self employed. So forgive me as I’ve had a couple of glasses of bubbles. I’m not sure whether this is acceptable either as Anzac Day is a day for commemorating war veterans.
But I’m a pacifist.
Cheers!
Well, I personally think this explains a lot, Tor! I did wonder about the foaming at the mouth and gnashing!! Haw haw! Love this! You Freeman’s are too tasty, clearly! Xxx
Spoiler alert ‼️ but great shiver inducing reading about being dog food: Mariana Enriquez Our Lady of the Quarry.
A useless suggestion: bite back?
Another useless and nasty thoughts: tick-bites, and they never let go arghhhh. And toddler bites, brother bites…
What about love bites? (good old days…)
Thanks Tor for opening a nightmare inducing can of worms.
Have a great week folks! X
Of all these things with big toothy maws, the Meg has scared me most of all. (And I love sharks!) I've been bitten by a squirrel when I was offering it a peanut. I guess he was looking for some insurance that I'd drop the peanut, rather than having to play cute animal and take it from my hand. I respect that.
So many strong points in this newsletter. My most feared animal (currently) is the american bully XXL (don't @ me, I've heard all the claims about what sweethearts they are). It's hard to imagine death by sandworm being worse than death by dog.
Lolololol. I LOVE that family comic. The bare stomach! Your poor sister! I feel so crass saying this but are you aware of the film 'Teeth' (2007) ? Would like to see the Vagina Dentata on the scary scale. X
Absolutely love this, and I’m a big fan of the graph, adds the scientific pizzazz (I had no idea this is how you spell pizzazz. What a discovery)