toomanypancakes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoHow did you fuck up recently?message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow did you fuck up recently?toomanypancakes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square127fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agomillipedes produce hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI think that’s why some of them smell like cherry coke - though I’ve never noticed a garden millipede smell that way.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 days agoyea the smell of almonds is H-CN being produced, its nowhere enough to become toxic to people. i remember theres a video about lemurs getting high off of the millipedes secretion, i assume its hydrogen cyanide.
millipedes produce hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism
I think that’s why some of them smell like cherry coke - though I’ve never noticed a garden millipede smell that way.
yea the smell of almonds is H-CN being produced, its nowhere enough to become toxic to people. i remember theres a video about lemurs getting high off of the millipedes secretion, i assume its hydrogen cyanide.