• waitmarks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is actually why they are called earwigs, its an old english word that’s describing the shape of their wings which kind of looks like a human ear.

    • june@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      So you’re telling me it’s NOT because they like to crawl into your ears while you’re asleep?

      • meanmon13@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        This is blowing my mind right now… Those things gave me nightmares as a kid thinking they crawl into people’s ears…

      • Chailles@lemmy.world
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        If you want to lose the solace that fact has provided you, here’s another possibly also false but no less comforting bit of trivia:

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        Leeches after feeding would love nothing more than a dark, somewhat moist, somewhat warm, somewhat tight environment. Which a human has and is probably something you don’t want a leech to get anywhere near, be glad there’s no such thing as a Analwig. Oh and land leeches exist.

    • Oisteink@feddit.nl
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      In Norwegian they are called Klypedyr. Literal translation is pinching-animal (although we call it an insect). I always though that was scary as a kid, but I see now my trauma is tiny compared to ear-infesting-wig-wearing thingy. I still don’t like them, but I tolerate them