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Some of ya’ll are overly terrified of scorpions and I just want you to know that some scorpions can swim and dive under water so have fun emptying that pool skimmer basket.
I say this with high sincerity from the bottom of my heart.
Fuck you.
It is a cool guide, but this one should really come with a list of exceptions. Assuming there are big pincered highly venomous scorpions.
For anyone curious, yes, there are exceptions for human contact, but mostly due to human physiology. More venomous does not mean more potent.
The rule could be considered true in that larger pincers hold longer allowing weaker venom to take action in prey.
But for humans, we react differently to different venom, so some scorpions with larger pincers can be more dangerous.
There are big pincer with big tail scorpions that are mildly venomous. I’m not sure about the other direction because the only ones I’m willing to handle are emperor scorpions. That may be because I found a striped bark scorpion in my shoe the hard way when I was a kid, though. That wasn’t a good day.
Years back, I had too close an interaction with one. Was morning and I rolled out a bed, put on a shirt from a luggage bag and walked to the kitchen. I felt a needle into my stomach but my first thought was maybe a thread from my waist line. Felt another needle jam and looked down the neck hole of my shirt.
That’s when I saw the ugly mf crawling up the shirt side of my inner shirt toward me. I yanked that T off so fast. It was able to scurry under the oven and I never saw it again. Had cramps the entire day and minor bruising shortly after but that was it.
You didn’t go to hospital? How did you know you weren’t going to die?
Sincerely, someone about 1000 miles from my closest Scorpion.
I honestly didn’t know what was going to happen. I was house sitting my parents place and they don’t live close to a hospital. A quick Google search and I assumed I’d be okay. If it didn’t work out that way, well, I was ready for that too.
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That tiny JellyFish that cause paralysis and death would seem more deadly
Not sure how they come up with ‘deadliest animal’. Wikipedia lists scorpions as only 8th most deadly to humans. Freshwater snails and dogs kill at least 3x more people, and mosquitoes kill over 200x more people.
cnet ranked the most venomous animals and the highest ranked scorpion comes in only at number 10
1. Box Jellyfish
Although the Australian box jellyfish just misses having the most potent venom on this list, it is probably the most deadly. It is large in size yet almost transparent in the water, and its tentacles can sting you with its millions of nematocysts, injecting a hefty amount of venom while holding its victim in place.The venom’s toxins can cause extreme pain, paralysis, delirium, shock, cardiac arrest and even death within minutes. The jellyfish has enough venom to kill 60 adults.
My personal Venn Diagram of scorpions I am willing to touch and scorpions I will avoid are two completely isolated, non-intersecting circles.
You don’t understand venn diagrams…
Yeah it was early when I typed that. The sets should have been (1) things I’m willing to touch and (2) scorpions.
No that’s people.
Look what steroids did to it’s tail!
Someone once commented that it’s the one thing in Australia that won’t kill you. The same can’t be said about North American scorpions.
Oh, so it’s really all about girth!
Never skip tail day at the gym…
