We humans have an innate urge to lay our hands on things. And while it’s not just reasonable, but advisable with cats and dogs, there are plenty of objects—living and inanimate—that we should approach only with our eyes.
However, as the subreddit r/WhyWouldYouTouchThat shows, not everyone is that careful. Whether they’re fearless or just completely clueless, some of us just cannot resist poking, pinching, and prodding everything from venomous critters to radioactive waste.
Mandatory “don’t try this at home!”
#1 Can You Tell Me What Is This Little Shiny One?
BigOlPenDisorder: Half life of cobalt 60 is ~5 years so it should be practically non-radioactive (manufactured in ’63)
But still, why
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#2 A Pregnant Black Widow. Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope
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#3 Oooh, That’s Going To Sting
This is the Hooded Pitohui. These adorable little orioles are poisonous to touch because of the malarid beetles that they eat, exhibiting feathers which, when touched, can cause burning and irritation. If the toxin is ingested, it causes respiratory paralysis, similarly to cobra venom.
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#4 Found On A Beach In Ireland
Frog_enjoyer123: That’s unfortunately a human mandible
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#5 Does This Count?
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#6 That’s A Yellow Bellied Sea Snake Brother
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#7 Nope
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#8 Does Anyone Know What These Are? Hundreds Washed Up On The Beach Today Miami Beach, Florida
most-perplex9811: By-the-wind sailors (Velella vellela)/Blue sail Jellyfish
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#9 Scientific Name Put-Itus Downus
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#10 What Is This? Soft Ball Things Suddenly Fell From The Sky In The Middle Of The Night
these are almost definitely rat poison balls targetted at our dogs. These were thrown directly into our balcony and yard at 3am.
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#11 My Roommate’s Tetanus Device
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#12 Sealed Glass Vial On The Beach
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#13 Swimming With An Absolutely Massive Great White Shark
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#14 Strange Insect Web
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#15 What On Earth Is This?
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#16 Cow Killer Ant
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#17 Absolute Unit Of A Wasp
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#18 My Dad Grabbed A Wild Mouse
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#19 Found A Severely Dehydrated Redback At Work
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#20 Just Why??
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#21 What Is This?
It was a pill, [illegal substances]
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#22 What Is This Fish? Found In Australia Great Barrier Reef
Baby flying fish
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#23 Found This Today At Our Local Thrift Store
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#24 A Pet Leech
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#25 Plastic Suction Tube That Was Found Laying On Top Of Gas Station Trash Can
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#26 Walked Outside And Spotted This Strange Brown Smudge On My Tree
It’s maggots…
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#27 Opinion On Black Liquid Or Ooze Which Seems To Be Coming From A Tree
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#28 The Humble House Centipede
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#29 Found This During Low Tide
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#30 Is This A Tick Of Some Kind? In Southern Michigan
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#31 A Tiny Alligator Snapping Turtle
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#32 Don’t Boil Or Season It
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#33 Can You Guess What This Is?
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#34 This Is Some Nonsense
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#35 What Is She?
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#36 What This?
that is a man o’ war! it’s kind of like a jellyfish, though it isn’t actually one. the “balloon”/sail is safe to touch, but please don’t, in the future! if any tentacles are still attached/wrapped around the balloon, they can hurt you VERY badly. the stinging cells remain active after passing and can cause some very severe pain, and worse in some rare circumstances!
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#37 Found Out A Day Later This Is A Highly Venomous Cane Toad
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#38 What Is This?
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#39 Hmmm
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#40 I Work For The Airlines And Found This In The Cargo Pit In The Plane… It’s Hard As A Rock
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#41 10/10 Would Not Touch Or Bring Home!
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#42 Tiny Shiny Black Things On Patch Of Driveway, Maybe Some Kind Of Seed?
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#43 What The Hell Did I Find On The Side Of The Road
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#44 What’s This Black Stuff Under My Sink
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#45 Just For Confirmation…is This A Brown Recluse? (Midwest USA)
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#46 Tonsil Boulder That Fell Out Of My GF’s Mouth This Morning 😭
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#47 Taking A Break From Cleaning The Septic Tank For A Nice Handful Of Bacon
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#48 But Why
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#49 What Is This? Found In [florida] Ocean. It’s Heavy, Rubbery, A Bit Squishy
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#50 Juvenile Eastern Brown Snake, Second Most Venomous In The World
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#51 Saw Someone Posting A Pic Of Moth. Let Me Introduce You To Megaloblatta Longipennis
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#52 Book With Growth
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#53 Why, You Say? For Science!
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#54 Look At This Beautiful Baby Girl I Found On My Plants Today 🥰
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#55 The Tattoo Is Sick, But Whywouldyoutouchthat
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#56 Found This Unidentified Sea Creature
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#57 What In Gods Green Earth Did I Pull Up
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#58 What Is This Sea Creature That My Children Found Washed Up On The Shore? [east Coast Of Canada]
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#59 What Kind Of Mosquito Is This?😳😳
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#60 Is This A Moldy Tomato?! Why Is It So Big?!
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#61 Friend Found These On A Beach On The East Side Of Hawaii Island
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#62 What Is The Orange Mold In This Bread?
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#63 The Chinese Giant Salamander Is The Largest Amphibian In The World And Can Reach A Length Of Almost 2 Meters (6 Ft) And A Weight Of 60 Kilograms (130 Lb)
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#64 Dense Rubber-Like Slab Washed Up On The Beach – So Of Course We Gotta Touch It
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#65 Scientists Have Discovered The Largest Spider Web Covering 106 Square Meters With 111,000 Spiders Belonging To Two Different Species Who Are Rivals, Coexist Together
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#66 A Prickly “Stick” Insect
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#67 What Is This Called?
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#68 Oh Hell Naw
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#69 What Is This
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#70 It’s Fluffy And Pretty And I Have Too Touch It
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#71 Nope And Never
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