AN 10.216 Saṁsappanīya Sutta: Creeping
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The snake, the scorpion, the centipede, the mongoose, the cat, the mouse, and the owl, or any other animals that creep away when they see people. Thus a being is reborn from a being; one is reborn through one’s deeds.
Those who do the ten kinds of bad deeds are like creepy creatures and are reborn as such.