“Dadda, my Slater Bug’s being normal at me!”. I laughed when I heard that, knowing I’d be one of the few people in the world who actually understood what that comment meant, and why there was anguish and utter disgust in the voice of my 2 year old at the time.

Why Slater Bugs Are Favourite Toys

You see, one of his favourite toys when he was small were Slater bugs, those multi legged armour coated little insects that, when feeling threatened, would curl up into themselves to create “living marbles”.  One of them must have had enough of tucking up and being rolled around on the ground, because it stretched out and steadfastly refrained from going back into the “fun” position – may be to get out of being the favourite toys. Read More→