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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 77799" data-attributes="member: 4199">If you watch close you can see them tense up before they bolt,  so you can be ready for it.  If you handle them you can feel that also.  They pull their legs in just a bit for that speed burst.I tell my son it's his dragon breath when he does that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />My avics will attack your breath coming through the vent holes in their walls.</blockquote>