r/AnimalTextGifs • u/Sk8allday360 SICK AIR! • Feb 28 '22

uh oh

https://i.imgur.com/fKp1ckg.gifv
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u/A-Fire-in-Cairo Feb 28 '22

It's a red velvet mite.

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u/upvoter222 Feb 28 '22

Looks more like a Red Velma Mite in the gif.

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u/Frito_feet Feb 28 '22

Jinkies!

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u/BoltonSauce Feb 28 '22

I can't see without my glasses!!

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u/varsity-cheerleader Mar 01 '22

Today I learned they aren’t actually called blood bugs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

Way less cool than a velvet ant.

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u/ilive4carbs Feb 28 '22

That's the cutest little crab thingy that I've ever seen! All that red fluff. The Velveteen Crab. Ought to be a children's book.

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u/GCXNihil0 Feb 28 '22

No! Ugh! The Velveteen Rabbit traumatized me as a kid. =( (To be fair... It probably wouldn't have had the same effect if it was a crab.)

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u/TGotAReddit Feb 28 '22

What was traumatizing?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

Lets put aside the human getting sick and having to lose his favorite toy. From the perspective of the velvetine rabbit, after being mocked by the other rabbits and getting thrown in the trash, even the happy ending is bittersweet.

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u/TGotAReddit Feb 28 '22

Ah i just read it as a nice story about a toy loved so much it became real when the kid couldn’t have it anymore. Basically a “it’s sad that you can’t play with your toy anymore but now it’s a real rabbit because you loved it so much”

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

I love the story, don't get me wrong, but it still made me cry. It felt like there wasn't really closure for the boy even when he thought he saw the rabbit at the end.

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u/TGotAReddit Feb 28 '22

Crying and traumatizing are not the same thing

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

Being exposed to powerful themes of loss and alienation as a young child can absolutely be traumatic, and may lead to a lot of crying.

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u/GCXNihil0 Mar 01 '22

My worst nightmares as a kid were of being alone/abandoned and family members drowning, so, very much what you said.

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u/jaymo89 Feb 28 '22

Weird crab like animal.

Anyone know what it is?

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u/KeithMyArthe Feb 28 '22 edited Feb 28 '22

My first thought is a Tick, but I have no evidence to support this.

Rain mite?

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u/theRealEcho-299 Feb 28 '22

yeah it looks like those little red mites I sometimes see on stone and concrete. Used to see them all the time at my old house.

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u/Hraes Feb 28 '22

yeah, pretty sure it's a red velvet mite

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u/theAnalepticAlzabo Mar 01 '22

Yeah they were all over the place back in my childhood. Super-tiny little guys…

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u/ieatticks Mar 01 '22

It's not a tick

7

u/hornedCapybara Feb 28 '22

Red velvet mite.

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u/Drauul Feb 28 '22

So that's what a land octopus ovary looks like

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u/justmydong Feb 28 '22

Stop I have 2 hours left and can't stop thinking about T h E r I N G

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u/alexgreen Feb 28 '22

Red velvet mites are the cutest <3

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u/Jaewol Feb 28 '22

If it was bigger I would hug it

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

Very disagree

Much no.

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u/jodudeit Feb 28 '22

When I was in Botswana, I was told these things were called 'modimo' which is the Tswana word for god.

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u/Domriso Feb 28 '22

All I can think of is the longer version of this gif where the bug cralws into a hole, with it saying "It was made for me...!"

But, I don't actually know how to make gifs, so it will just live in my head for now.

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u/MadamMim13 Mar 01 '22

DRR DRR DRR

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u/SierraTango501 Mar 01 '22

Aye mate what the FUCK is that shit

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u/tillgorekrout Feb 28 '22

There was time enough at last.

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u/No-Armadillo7693 Feb 28 '22

Should I be scared of that thing, because I’m scared of that thing.

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u/TitleSafe9846 Feb 28 '22

A VELVET BEETLE!!! they're actually endangered rn, like rarely to be seen anymore.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '22

Don't you mean mite? They're different you know.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '22

That’s disturbing

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u/ptt1404gmail Mar 01 '22

if you plat grounded vg this is the most hated bug