Animals I Hate

Cuban solenodons are one of the few animals with a conservation status of NEE (Not Endangered Enough). Their name, “solenodon,” is Latin for “channel tooth,” after the grooves in their lower incisors that help them deliver their poisonous saliva into the wounds of their victims. God damn it there is nothing that I hate more than a poison mammal. Why do you even need that, Cuban solenodons? You only eat bugs, and don’t you think that your face does a more than adequate job of scaring off predators all by itself? These things are pretty rare to come across (only 37 have ever been captured) because they spend the day sleeping underground, but apparently they’re total spazzes and will lose their fucking minds and chomp all over you if you give them trouble. God, if I’m lost in a fucking Cuban forest at night that is just the last thing I need.