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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InternetSwag" data-source="post: 157140" data-attributes="member: 29365">So I witnessed the coolest thing ever. I took a roach that was a bit big, about the same size of a sling and broke him in half, but he could still run like crazy. I wasn't expecting that. I threw him in my Vagan's Sling Enclosure so see if it would pounce on him - it didn't. Instead it stalked him. Came out the burrow and everytime the roach moved the sling would move with him, keeping his front facing the roach at all times. I thought the roach would die but when I woke up, the same thing was still continuing, I poked the roach and it ran and my sling followed after him and stalked him again. I don't know T behaviour that well, but it was as if he was waiting for it to die. I felt a bit bad for the roach so I just crushed his head then, it couldn't be nice being broken in half - unless he can molt and survive? idk. But then he could be a threat to my sling. It was pretty cool, but in hindsight it could have just been stressing my T out? Once again idk.</blockquote>