every time i hear “very super extremely rare disorder that effects only 1% of the population” i die a little inside petition for psychiatrists to take an intro to statistics class
This!!!
I remember sitting in a lecture hall of like 280-320 people going … So 3 people in this room? Oh this one is 1-2% of the population so like 6 people in this room? Why is this prof talking as if no one in this room could possibly have this disorder???
if you mean “form a pack/clan bond with you using happy brain chemicals”, then no. that’s strictly a mammal/bird thing.
but, if you mean “recognizes you as an individual and a place of safety, tolerates interactions with you that absolutely would not happen in the wild and even initiates those interactions with you voluntarily” then congrats! fish, frogs, and reptiles absolutely CAN do that!
both of these types of bonding are extremely meaningful to their respective animals and one isn’t inherently better than the other, just make sure you adjust your expectations to fit your pet.
I had a black rat snake which I thought hated me… until I saw them interact with an *unfamiliar* human. There was blood.
Love is a direction, not an emotion, and for some beings Love just looks like a lack of blood. congratulations I hope you were happy with them
Bugs can’t form bonds with their humans but they can become habituated to your smell and recognize you as a non-threat. And honestly? For a fragile little prey animal with an incomprehensibly different brain structure than that of mammals? That’s as good as love in my book :)
Pictured here: A nymph and adult Diapherodes gigantea from my own collection, resting on my hand.
Police may also feign kettles in order to cause a protest to disperse.
Protests that move quickly are harder to kettle (but are easier to split up as people get left behind).
Something important to note is that kettles are used by police to gather intelligence. Police may tell you that you will be allowed to leave if you provide your name and your address, if you give information about other protestors etc. Police can and will lie to you, do not trust them. Never talk to cops.
Being trapped in a kettle is stressful. Police may decide to arrest a few of you or all of you. Their goal is to gather information and to demoralize you. They might threaten or harass you. Your goal should be to remain calm and to help the people around you remain calm. Remember if nobody talks, everyone walks.
