Post by: Balog on July 25, 2007, 07:15:34 PM
Link leads to an AP video. No sound on this machine, but it certainly looks cool.
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on July 26, 2007, 04:57:24 AM
Post by: Silver Bullet on July 26, 2007, 05:14:39 AM
The last time I found one in my house I spent the next four months checking the bedsheets every night before going to bed.
In Arizona, I'm told that the only species that can climb walls and ceilings is also the only dangerous species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_bark_scorpion
We'll be glad to ship ours to Brazil if they get to liking them. I'll bet they make a great stew, seasoned with a little stinging nettle.
Post by: charby on July 26, 2007, 05:19:11 AM
Must be a couple slow weeks for the news.
I'm waiting for a water skiing squirrel next.
Post by: bedlamite on July 26, 2007, 09:36:56 AM
giant badgers, giant squids and now scorpions?
Must be a couple slow weeks for the news.
I'm waiting for a water skiing squirrel next.
Must be a couple slow weeks for the news.
I'm waiting for a water skiing squirrel next.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncg5iHVVKwM
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 26, 2007, 10:02:09 AM
Brad
Post by: crt360 on July 26, 2007, 10:34:29 AM
Post by: El Tejon on July 26, 2007, 10:43:31 AM
Climate is too tough for them up here. I would have loved to grow up playing with them.
Can you make them fight? Put them in a glass or something?
Post by: Boomhauer on July 26, 2007, 11:24:00 AM
I have been stung by them twice. The small ones, now. The first time was on my finger while I was asleep, and hurt like hell.
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Ok. I don't know about the rest of you, but those little SOB's give me a serious case of the willies.....
You also need to go find the Youtube video of the giant centipedes that eat mice...
Post by: RocketMan on July 26, 2007, 11:59:20 AM
I had a brief thought about what it would have been like had one skittered down my collar while I slept. But then I considered the two snakebites that had occurred among the company the previous day, and the scorpions were a bit of an anticlimax.
You should have seen the CH-46 come in for the snakebite medivacs, though. Talk about some amazing flying...
Post by: crt360 on July 26, 2007, 12:11:14 PM
All those years in Texas and I never saw one.
Climate is too tough for them up here. I would have loved to grow up playing with them.
Can you make them fight? Put them in a glass or something?
Climate is too tough for them up here. I would have loved to grow up playing with them.
Can you make them fight? Put them in a glass or something?
On a hot summer day, find something like a sheet of plywood or tin that's been laying flat on the dirt for a long time. Flip it over. See scorpions. At least that works pretty well down here. Stand back and use a stick first, in case there's a rattler or copperhead under there.
As I recall, we did get them to fight. We also set up encounters with scorpions and other insects.
Well, my father went to put on his pants one time. Unfortunatly, there were two scorpions resting in the crotch area.
I'm assuming they stung him? Good god, man, that is horrible! And another reason why I picked people over animals - people don't hide in your pants and inflict incredible pain on your special parts.
You also need to go find the Youtube video of the giant centipedes that eat mice...
I've encountered some awesomely scary centipedes around here that were easily 8"+ in length.
Post by: MechAg94 on July 26, 2007, 04:56:43 PM
I went to scout camp out near San Antonio. We slept on cots that were on top of wooden pallets. When we left, we had to fold up the cots and stack up the pallets. There were several big scorpions under every pallet.
Post by: Sindawe on July 26, 2007, 05:01:59 PM
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Try sitting on one sometime.
You think thats bad? Try seeing it from the scorpions viewpoint of being sat apon by a big clumsy human! LOL
You want cool video, check out the dance moves this jumping spider does to impress a lady friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M
Post by: Balog on July 26, 2007, 09:15:39 PM
Post by: LadySmith on July 26, 2007, 10:20:41 PM
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You want cool video, check out the dance moves this jumping spider does to impress a lady friend.
That little spider has got game. 
First time I found scorpions, I caught four & put them all in a coffee can. When I checked on them later on that day, three were gone and the remaining one was a bit bigger. I let it go.
Post by: Stand_watie on July 27, 2007, 05:36:49 AM
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You want cool video, check out the dance moves this jumping spider does to impress a lady friend.
That little spider has got game. First time I found scorpions, I caught four & put them all in a coffee can. When I checked on them later on that day, three were gone and the remaining one was a bit bigger. I let it go.
I find them in my (concrete lined) mailbox on occasion. Found one at work recently. They like to hide in cool places it seems. I've been told that our Texas variety have about as harmful a sting as a particularly bad wasp. Since they're a lot less ambulatory than wasps, a lot less common, and don't have a whole hive to come back their play, I feel a lot better about them than the agressive varieties of wasps (we have one we call "dirt daubers" that seem utterly harmless, and even our red wasps don't seem to bother you unless you screech and flail about a lot).
My old timer neighbors tell me that we've a lot fewer scorpions now, due to them being wiped out by the fire ants. I'll gladly trade back.
Post by: Sindawe on July 27, 2007, 05:45:30 AM
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and even our red wasps don't seem to bother you unless you screech and flail about a lot
I think thats true with most wasps we find here in the U.S., or unless you are perceived as being a threat to the nest. I encounter wasps most days for the summer and I've not been stung since I accidentally squashed one in High School. The occasional errant one I capture in the house are understandably irate about being confined in jar, but fly off as soon as they are released outside.
Speaking of wasps and such, ever seen this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMS3KDNysM
Post by: Stand_watie on July 27, 2007, 06:05:46 AM
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and even our red wasps don't seem to bother you unless you screech and flail about a lot
I think thats true with most wasps we find here in the U.S., or unless you are perceived as being a threat to the nest. I encounter wasps most days for the summer and I've not been stung since I accidentally squashed one in High School. The occasional errant one I capture in the house are understandably irate about being confined in jar, but fly off as soon as they are released outside.
Speaking of wasps and such, ever seen this video?
I haven't, but I'll have to catch it at work as I have dial up here at home
Thinking about it a bit more, Yellow jackets are the only wasp ("ish" not sure of they're technically a "wasp" or not) that I can think of that seem to me to be particularly agressive, that I've encountered. Bumblebees are stone cold killers after you whack at them with a broom a couple of times (Hey, I was 7), but I've never had one bother me unprovoked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMS3KDNysM
Post by: Scout26 on July 27, 2007, 07:22:25 AM
While our gun laws may suck, at least Mother Nature isn't sending hordes of nasty creatures to kill/maim you.