Consider it revenge for Taco Tuesday.
British sewer systems might not have housed any species as cool as their cousins across the Channel, but if the legend is true, a band of feral pigs did once run amok in Hampstead. Sewer terror dates to the start of plumbing itself. Roman writers recorded strangely familiar horror stories about octopuses crawling up municipal storm pipes and up to street level. Ancient Romans spared the sight of a Kraken springing out of their latrines only by the fact their crappers weren’t connected to the sewers. The Romans were already wise to the dangers.
In reality, it’s not the gators or pigs you really need to worry about. Very few animals can manage to sneak their way through the curved pipes that trap sewer gas from entering your house. Brilliantly conceived to flush away waste, your porcelain throne still is no match for mother nature’s hardiest urban explorers. There is a high percentage of dead animals that drown in your waste every year. And that’s the good news. Unfortunately, there is a class of animals, such as snakes and spiders, that have evolutionary adaptations that make them superbly well-suited to climb up hundreds of feet of slimy, dark pipes and sink their fangs into your vulnerable genital buffet. Aussies, you know the drill.
Certain spiders have microscopic hairs that trap air bubbles, permitting them to breathe submerged in fluids for a dozen hours thanks to the anatomical quirk that functions as scuba gear. Snakes are so perfectly shaped that they see your john more as a playground or motel than a risk. After seeing a snake emerging from your toilet, we guarantee you will never crap in relaxation ever again.
The Bizarre History Of Animals In Our Sewers And Toilets
Source: Pinoy Daily News
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