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Last year, I had chest surgery while awake and still wearing my boots.
The doc seemed to feel it was urgent. I guess that, normally, air is only supposed to enter / exit the lungs via one central hole. When there are additional holes, they kind of frown on that.
At the other end of the spectrum of beasts, I shot this one while out washing a car yesterday. I couldn't get a clear shot with my phone camera but it was drinking the morning condensation off the hood.
Then there's the Southern Two-striped Walking Stick that shoots poison at predator's eyes causing temporary blindness.
(Sidebar: I actually do keep spare earbud/mic packages, new in box, in my car, my office at work, my home office, and at both transmitter sites, just in case I forget to carry one of the twoI normally use with me to whatever site, and/or in case one of them breaks.)