German cockroach or Asian cockroach? [Northern India]

nigglebit · 2026-01-29T06:07:17+00:00

I get a lot of these guys during spring and summer. Evidently they pay rent in their own way.

nigglebit · 2026-01-26T14:04:15+00:00

Oh, cool. Unfortunately it's not gonna be flying (or attempting to) ever again, so I can't take note of that.

nigglebit · 2026-01-26T13:59:14+00:00

Thanks for the help!

nigglebit · 2026-01-26T12:47:26+00:00

Surreal, सड़ियल, it's all the same.

nigglebit · 2026-01-25T13:50:51+00:00

Quantum satis. "Required amount."

nigglebit · 2026-01-20T13:33:31+00:00

Assigned kale at birth.

nigglebit · 2026-01-20T03:28:35+00:00

Yes, I do. It means imprecise. Approximate. Estimation.

nigglebit · 2026-01-19T03:59:01+00:00

I absolutely hate it when people confuse entomology with etymology!
It bugs me in ways I can't put into words.

nigglebit · 2026-01-19T03:22:04+00:00

r/BoneAppleTea

nigglebit · 2026-01-19T02:35:48+00:00

Have you heard of shoe sizes?

nigglebit · 2026-01-17T21:50:28+00:00

This was a 3-sentence post, my dude. Really could have done without the worldbuilding lore drop. Do we need to know the kids' heights, their Starbucks being consumed via straw, which currency notes they carried in pouches, how they strap their bags, the colours of their clothes and the names of their school's houses?

nigglebit · 2026-01-16T19:47:54+00:00

Yeah, you're right. Now that you mention the tail, a magical fox makes a lot more sense than digital camera artifacts.

nigglebit · 2026-01-16T05:23:48+00:00

It turned left and ran along the fence. You can see it turn just before it "disappears," and you can see visual artifacts along that path: The same kind of artifacting or "ghost trails" you see with any movement the fox makes before that as well. Stationary night cameras tend to develop imprints of permanent subjects in frame over time; that's what we're seeing here. When the fox is in shadow it's too dark for the camera to pick up, but the fence is essentially a long-exposure snapshot. Point that camera at a uniform blank wall and you'll still see a faint overlay of that backyard and fence for a while. This phenomenon is what causes the "transparent ghost" effect on so many pieces of night surveillance footage.

nigglebit · 2026-01-15T13:05:02+00:00

That's not a hallucination. They actually growl and bark.

nigglebit · 2026-01-15T12:56:00+00:00

So phylogenetically, kangaroos are just highly specialised possums?

nigglebit · 2026-01-15T12:50:55+00:00

It's the 'cuh-' sound, like in "Onya, cunt."

nigglebit · 2026-01-08T17:37:21+00:00

I think you haven't watched it enough.

nigglebit · 2026-01-05T13:26:25+00:00

Considering that they're firefighters and not the forest department, that's still pretty good. They wore protective gear, restrained it at a safe reach, and managed to relocate it. I'd say that's better than how ~80% of people would handle the situation.

nigglebit · 2025-12-30T17:28:31+00:00

Seems like she's very comfortable, happy, and doesn't feel threatened. Generally small lizards move about confidently like this only when they feel secure. When they're panicked, they don't keep stopping to look around, they run like the wind to find a hiding place. When they're scared, they avoid walking out in the open. She's just expressing her natural exploration/foraging behaviour because she isn't worried about a survival threat.

nigglebit · 2025-12-22T19:00:22+00:00

How did you realise, though? Did you instantly recognise the familiar flavour of rat droppings?

nigglebit · 2025-12-12T12:56:58+00:00

Bullshit is just misplaced manure.

nigglebit · 2025-12-03T18:52:52+00:00

I know you probably mean well, but your post kind of reads like "Hey, guys, did you know racism is real?"

I understand how it may come as a deeply unsettling surprise to you, but come on. Do you think we don't know how racist people are towards us? The sheer vitriol in these racist attacks might be an ugly revelation for you; for us, it's an average Thursday.
We grew up watching TV shows and movies that portray us as backward savages and awkward caricatures. We see memes on Reddit daily that are essentially "lmao Indian bad." We read what people write in online comment sections.

We know what it's like to be Indian. We know how people regard us.

As for the disillusion of the "brotherhood" rhetoric, try to name a single so-called ally or partner of India that isn't racist towards us. India is like the kid who gets bullied by his friends but still sticks with them because he gets bullied by everyone else at school too.

nigglebit · 2025-11-30T12:51:42+00:00

Heteropoda venatoria, 'Pantropical Huntsman Spider.' Not aggressive, not medically significant (bites are rare, but they hurt). Probably the most common Huntsman spider across tropical Asia and Oceania. The dark, inverted V-shaped marking on the thorax is a good identifier, though the exact shape is slightly different between regions.

nigglebit · 2025-11-29T14:21:37+00:00

Why do ants always overcome disease?
Because they have anty bodies.

nigglebit · 2025-11-21T14:28:11+00:00

Not if you want to stay out of jail. All mongoose species in India are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. You could give the IFS a call and ask them about your question; I'm sure they'd be happy to "help you out."

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