The Deadly Firefly!

My human-pet does a lot of reading on the internet... and I mean a LOT. Today, however, she told me something a bit scary.

I'm not allowed to eat fireflies. She says if I even eat one, it will kill me within minutes! ??? Wow.

So, apparently, these little, shiny, fascinating, looks-so-delicious bugs have a steroid chemical in them that makes their butts glow... or whatever it does. Either way, this steroid stimulates the heart, and the highest concentration found on earth of it is in a firefly. So, if i eat it, i'll die of an over-dose.

She read that lots of bearded dragons die every year from it because their pets are dumb (she didn't say 'dumb', of course, but that's what it sounded like to me). She says that local birds and stuff won't eat the fireflies because they inherently know not to.

But since bearded dragons are native to Australia (and apparently don't have any mean bugs over there that fight back like that), we don't know any better to not eat them. Then she gave me 'that look' and told me that I'd eat just about anything, without question. When I argued the point, she said she'd prove it by offering a shiny red fruit that i've never seen before...

Well, of course i ate the fruit! I can't help it. Everything looks so yummy!

Sigh.

So, no fireflies. I'll try to remember, but I guess I'll have to depend on my pet to keep all of that straight for me. If you want to read what she read, click here to go see the article.




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