In this picture..
you see me waiting in alert. i just molted an hour before, and have eaten the shed skin. i look soft and cuddly, but soon, the new exposed layer of outer skin will harden. being molted and soft is dangerous, as the other carnivores of the swamp may take this as an opportunity to strike. so i need to be on my guard. at the moment i was caught on film, i was thinking how eating the shed skin should be done differently, possibly with some sauce, or as a salad. i recall also wondering if the cameraman who is taking this picture is aware of the radioactivity level he’s exposed to.
that used to be a big problem, radioacticity, that is. there are almost no photos of me from the past, as that film would mostly burn, and photographers would suffer from radiation poisoning, if they were not wearing protective clothing. it was a sad example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. luckily, i have since changed my living environment to great extent, and now return to the dumpsite only when there is a new batch of my favorite sludge. living in a mostly radioactive-free lifestyle has also reduced the frequancy of molting. now, a simple dandruf shampoo is all i need as a precaution. the days of dermatophagy are finished i am sad to say. as it turns out, molted skin does not taste better with sauce. only more fattening. better to eat greens, you guys.