I had a run in with a scorpion at work the other day
I opened the door to a shed and found this guy sitting in the middle of the floor. It's been a long time since I've seen one this big in the wild. My coworker said it was nice enough to be out in the open and not hiding somewhere I had to put my hands.
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It's been my experience that where there's one scorpion, there's more
They glow under blacklight so it's easy to check.
Is that all breeds or just some?
A quick search says it's an almost universal trait among species.
I used to shine them on the palm trees in my yard in Phoenix and the whole thing would glow with scorpions. It was so cool to see.
Cool is not the word I would use in that situation
That's wild.
The almost makes it the fun part. Is there scorpions in there? *Shines light We should be good!
(Narrator: They were not good)
Not just species, the entire clave.
Oh ya there's more around for sure, this is in a pretty remote area. Rattlesnakes get in there occasionally and I'm really lucky I haven't encountered that. At least in that building.
Fun fact, scorpions are one of the earliest land creatures after animals moved from living in water.
And they could be 4ft long. Sea scorpions were much bigger. Sweet dreams!
I'm am a homebrew GM and worldbuilder so I will take all of the real world inspiration for deadly and dangerous fauna I can get :) My current favorite deadly fauna idea I've thought about recently is taking the utahraptor but as a huge modern avian raptor ie no longer a raptor dino but giant raptor bird. Basically a really scary chocobo at that point haha. But 4 feet scorpions are a fine addition to my collection >:)
What you're describing is the cassowary. It's a flightless bird that has a sword for a toe. And it instinctively knows where any animal's heart is, knowing precisely where to stab. And its head was clearly stolen from Jurassic Park.
Just look for images of cassowary feet and cassowary head.
Deep cut
Did you get over there?
Oh ya, it was a big one but it's still a lot smaller than me.
Well, time to move to Antarctica. Nice knowing you all.
Long before I was born, before my mom met my dad, when my mom was in college, she dropped out and fled the US. She ended up in Europe and met a man named Colin, whom she then married and with whom she got pregnant, then moved to Greece.
While in Greece and pregnant, she did not have access to indoor plumbing. Instead, she used an outhouse. According to her, she once got up in the middle of the night to make use of the facilities, started to head outside without a light, then thought better of it and grabbed a light. When she did, she was glad she did so, because there was apparently a large, terrifying scorpion on the doorknob she would have used to exit the residence.
She did not disclose to me how she handled the situation.
If it had been me I think the lack of plumbing would no longer be a barrier to shitting indoors
Presumably this is especially true while pregnant.
Having lived it twice, it's less about having your bowels crowded backward and more about having the whole uterine watermelon sitting on your bladder.
This is not dissimilar to what my wife said during the experience.
My step dad had the misfortune of having one hide in his pajama pants. Getting stung on the taint must have been awful
Better than the scrotum, I guess.
What a complete gentleman. Just chilling out in the open, no ulterior motives, sits still for his fitting appointment.
I choose to believe he donned a little top hat and walked out quietly
You can kinda see the monacle in the third picture.
F, she's a biggun.
Edit: thanks for the bio lesson
She's.
Arachnid females are larger than the males and should be the default gender.
Charlotte, and her web, at Tenagra.
The itsy bitsy spider, when she crawled up the water spout again.
Cool, thanks
New friend!
I would honestly struggle not to adopt this beast
Really needs a banana for scale.
Granger, for the ones who get stung
That's a bark scorpion. You are a braver, or dumber, man than I.
Dang. They show up in our houses here in (the US Southwest) but not usually that size. Unfortunately I have to kill them everytime I spot them cause of our dogs.
Rock you like a hurricane!
Did you lick it?
I think Gale would disapprove.
That's a certified cutie
Critters in shops and warehouses are always fun. It never fails, some big snake/spider/scorpion/etc moseys in, and there's one guy hiding in the break room until its gone and another guy taking pictures of it because it's cute.
holy shit
did you die
No,it only looks dead. It was holding still to get measured.
no, OP
scorpions are dangerous
I found a 2 inch scorpion in my shorts last year. Glad he wasn't a whopper like that big boy
What about the width of a lane of the road?
shopvac filled with vinegar.
edit: buncha scorpion lovers in here ig. yall have fun with your scorpions.
It'sþr big ones which are perfectly harmless, right? Right?
Jesus but þat's a monster. Where did you rehome it to?
Isn't it sweet how it kindly posed for all of these photos?
And wiþ a tape measure so close! It's not even posturing.
With scorpions its the size of the parts that counts.
Big pinchers: Probably hunts without venom -> probably safe
Big tail (like this fella here): Probably hunts with venom -> probably unsafe
But even venomous scorpions are pretty chill tbh, they spook me way less than spiders
Huh?
typo. "it's þe". phone keyboard