who had a pet mealworm when they were in grade school?

[fear_of_fours]

thinking back, that is really fucking gross.

 

[MoFo]

I DID!
They turned into beetles!

 

[graham]

I had a dog

 

[MoFo]

That's because your family maintained the status quo.

 

[kmac]

Sadly, we only got brine shrimp.

 

[Poot]

I had a gold fish.

But it died.

Because I kept pulling it out of the bowl to pet it.

 

[I_bRAD]

I feed mealworms to my Turtle.

Do they count as pets until that time?

 

[djdeposit]

we stuck ours in little film containers with oatmeal

then we had to eat them

 

[PolishPrincess]

Originally posted by Jessica P
I had a gold fish.

But it died.

Because I kept pulling it out of the bowl to pet it.

HAHAHAHA

MEEEE TOOOO...







that, and i forgot to change it's water....so when i noticed it died..i could hardly see in the fish bowl.

 

[LivingRoomPornstar]

what a way to die.

 

[Silvershadow]

I used to catch a ton of caterpillars and store them in empty yogurt jars with holes in the lid and kept them there until they died, usually a week or so later. Then I'd get more. God I loved caterpillars. My dad used to spray their nests they built in the trees out back and I'd get SO upset at him.

That's about as close as I got to having a pet mealworm.

 

[Caz]

yeah

because death by yogurt jar is much better

 

[JESuX]

i also had mealworms in grade school. maybe it's just a Brampton thing???

but, i had something even cooler that my parents got me...

motherfucking SEAMONKEYS. those things owned.

 

[LeoGirl]

I had some of those Mexican Jumping Beans.

I never completely understood why they jumped. But thinking about them now, I want some.

 

[Caz]

there is larvae inside the 'bean' (egg). The jumping is the larvae turning into a moth and trying to escape. Eventually, he gets out and the bean jumps no more.

 

[Silvershadow]

Originally posted by caz
yeah

because death by yogurt jar is much better

Well, I was 5, what the hell did I know.

When I got a little older, I started releasing them after a day or so, so they wouldn't die. I'd just keep them for the afternoon to play with them. (I'd have them walk on my arms, or around the rim of the yogurt container)

So there!

 

[LeoGirl]

Originally posted by caz
there is larvae inside the 'bean' (egg). The jumping is the larvae turning into a moth and trying to escape. Eventually, he gets out and the bean jumps no more.

ewe, larvae is gross.

 

[Caz]

so are beans

and moths

jumping objects are cool

I like pie