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wrinkled and shriveled and stepping out of line
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My driving instructor chill as hell but he is unreadable so I have no idea what he actually thinks because he's always goofing around... He is a talker so we are conversing every second of the drive and it's fun but I think it makes it hard to concentrate especially in prague traffic.

I have no idea if I'm very bad at it or average/normal, I've had 3 drives so far. Gonna have my 4th today. He doesn't like being bored so the routes are quite difficult, at least for me, some people spend their first 5 drives on a parking lot or around garages, he's not like that, we are on the go on the main roads, trial by fire... And it's often during rush hours so I just know I'm bothering everyone around me

He eats egg sandwiches and m&ms in the car which I think it's funny when driving instructors eat in the car. Thinking about the instagram comment I posted about someone's mean instructor always yelling at them while eating bananas in the car.

I do stupid things sometimes but he says everyone does. I hope I'll improve... I'm learning manual. The worst thing is being stressed out by the cars behind me and trying to rush especially when driving off after a stop since i can't always do it very fast yet. Im always imagining the ppl behind me being mad at me, rushing somewhere etc. Instructor always says I shouldn't care about them and to do everything slowly since I'm learning. I need to learn to relax. I'm envious of people who learn to drive in smaller towns, it's crazy in here, but it is what it is ... Just hope I'll get the hang of it

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They can only have them in small amounts due to the salt, but try giving your cat an olive, green is better, and it will be like catnip to them. I think it's even the same compound in there.

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Daddy Long-Legs: unlike spiders, these arachnids can eat solid food, and they have an omnivorous diet that includes mushrooms, berries, and seeds, along with invertebrate prey

Harvestmen, otherwise known as daddy long-legs (not to be confused with the cellar spiders of family Pholcidae, which are also described as daddy long-legs) bear a striking resemblance to spiders, but they actually belong to a separate order of arachnids known as Opiliones. These strange-looking creatures have eight legs, but only two eyes, and their body segments are largely fused together, giving the body a noticeably rounded, pill-like appearance.

Above: Metagryne bicolumnata, commonly known as the bunny harvestman

There are roughly 6,700 known species of harvestman, but researchers estimate that a total of more than 10,000 species may currently exist. Their physical features vary greatly from one species to the next; some harvestmen have crab-like claws, spikes, thorny legs, elongated bodies, colorful features, or cryptic markings. Most of them are equipped with long, spindly legs, but there are some that have shorter, stockier limbs instead.

Above: Megabunus diadema and two unidentified species from family Sclerosomatidae

Unlike spiders, harvestmen have an omnivorous diet that includes fungi, fruit pulp, seeds, pollen, lichen, algae, and invertebrate prey, and they are capable of consuming solid food, whereas spiders are typically carnivorous and feed only on fluids.

Above: a harvestman from genus Chasenella munching on a mushroom-cap

As this article explains:

Harvestmen consume mushrooms, fruit pulp, seeds, and seed appendages more frequently than spiders probably because they are “solid food feeders," which means they can ingest solid tissues by biting off small pieces. In turn, spiders are “fluid feeders” and feed on vegetable matter most frequently in the form of fluids (e.g. nectar, stigmatic exudate, plant sap, and honey dew) rather than fungal or plant tissues.

Above: genus Marthana

When given a choice between fresh fruit or invertebrate prey, some harvestmen actually prefer the fruit:

Schaus et al. carried out a feeding trial in which the Neotropical harvestman Erginulus clavotibialis was given a choice between fresh pineapple and live invertebrate prey. This harvestman demonstrated a distinct preference for fruit over the invertebrate prey.

Above: Dentobunus quadridentatus

Harvestmen are also much more social than spiders, and the males of some species have been known to engage in paternal care, which is a trait that rarely occurs among arthropods:

Single fatherhood is the rarest form of parental care in nature. Still, males are often the sole caretakers of progeny among a number of species of daddy long-legs, also known as harvestmen. In these species, fathers are exclusively responsible for guarding eggs that females lay on the undersides of leaves; the males remain on the eggs nearly constantly for months.

Above: several harvestman eggs and a young hatchling

When threatened, harvestmen often bob up and down erratically in an effort to confuse their attackers. They also have several other defense mechanisms, including pungent, foul-tasting secretions, the ability to "play dead," and autotomy, which is the ability to discard one or more of their own limbs in order to escape from predators.

Above: the photo at the top shows an unidentified harvestman from family Cosmetidae, while the photo on the bottom shows a species from genus Gnomulus

Harvestmen are completely harmless to humans. Their mouthparts are far too small to penetrate human skin, and contrary to popular belief, they do not have the "world's deadliest venom" -- in fact, they don't produce any venom at all.

Above: genus Obidosus

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