Caterpillars fit, and there’s one species in particular that goes toe to tentacle with even the most lethal of jellyfish and is a seriously bad time to touch, because it’s urticating hairs connect to toxin secreting cells that pump out a nasty neurotoxin.
But to me, that’s still cheating, in that the most passive and effective urticating hair defense mechanism was selected for as a mere delivery method for venom.
If one wants to see the real absurd intricacies with urticating hair in arthropods, the only game in town are the new world tarantulas.
Entire fricking metas based on 7 different identified urticating hair types and they’re so understudied there’s almost certainly one out there that probably wildcarded old world venom with new world hair styles that we just have not found yet.



“Me: Oh a list of assholes to avoid, nice. Shopify, who tf is that? EZ. 1 keep sucks, lol. Dell…they make trash, easy. Meta, lol, already done. Coin base more like Rube Base am I right? Digital Ocean still relevant in the hosting world? I thought they’d have gone the way of Go Daddy, Ez boycott list.”
“Brain: You skipped one.”
“Me: reads again Fffffffffffuuuu”
I have no fucking clue how to effectively boycott CloudFlare, gang. That’s…kinda the point of how they positioned themselves.
Stupid fucks, they’re the only one who stands to make as much hand over fist whether open source enshitifies or not. Except if it enshitifies enough, their spigot stops spilling money.
Greedy cunts and the allure of control, what a dynamic duo.
The fuck to use to replace the quintillion different services CF sells?
Asking for…several friends, actually.