Is there anything that the octopus hasn't destroyed?
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The snakes pick up the vibrations and get out of your way, unless it's a death adder, otherwise known as the deaf adder, which just lies there. People can walk right past it and over it and nothing happens.
Children live in the same world we do. To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive - it's a vanity.