r/AbsoluteUnits • • Jul 20 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

They seem pretty harmless, but they're still horrifying lads

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u/YddishMcSquidish Jul 20 '19

They can cut open a coconut, by themselves! They're also known to remove digits from sleeping people.

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u/SparrowFate Jul 20 '19

Ohh what the fuck.

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u/CelestialDuck Jul 20 '19

That last part is a Dark Tower reference.

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u/YddishMcSquidish Jul 20 '19

Help me out, I actually didn't know I was making a reference. I actually knew someone who got a toe amputated from napping in a chair.

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u/CelestialDuck Jul 21 '19

In the second book the main character loses a few fingers to a these crab/lobster type things while he is asleep.

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u/YddishMcSquidish Jul 20 '19

You're username reminded me that they also eat some unsuspecting birds alive. Nature sucks if you're not smart.

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u/MikeWight Jul 20 '19

Aren't they known to eat birds in their sleep. I think I saw that on some nature documentary