Not only can they draw blood, I have read that they have a poison in their saliva, which lets them kill animals their size or larger (I believe it's a paralytic). On an animal as big as a human it usually just makes the bite spot hurt more than usual, and sometimes itch. But maybe also makes it bleed more than usual! Which is why, regardless of having gotten my face like a foot a way from this little dear, I did NOT attempt to touch him. ;)
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Date: 2013-01-05 01:08 pm (UTC)Not only can they draw blood, I have read that they have a poison in their saliva, which lets them kill animals their size or larger (I believe it's a paralytic). On an animal as big as a human it usually just makes the bite spot hurt more than usual, and sometimes itch. But maybe also makes it bleed more than usual! Which is why, regardless of having gotten my face like a foot a way from this little dear, I did NOT attempt to touch him. ;)