Emperor scorpions are still the go-to species when you want to shoot a scene with a scary-looking creepy-crawly that is unlikely to harm the actors like when Indiana Jones is desecrating a World Heritage site or something. It was also the weapon of choice by the infamous gay assassins from Diamonds are Forever.
I imagine that, like bee stings, there will always be people far more sensitive to the venom than average.
Of course, the same applies to peanut butter on a cracker.
“Don’t try to pet anything named ‘the Deathstalker’” is probably another good rule to live by.
you really don’t want to find one in your dive boot:
You mean you didn’t?
Lots of animals are biofluorescent:
Crispin Glover’s dad! (as I’m sure all mutants already know).
It’s like when the movie has s-s-s-scary, d-d-d-deadly tarantulas crawling on the hero, or those venomous, horrible black snakes!
They are arachnids, not insects.
Scorpions?
Oh, different Scorpions.
As usual… “a bit of the ol’ ultraviolence.”
Yes. I knew this. Carry on
You’re a good person.
Yikes!
I had a similar experience with a big black cricket I found in my shoe after I put it on. A little less harrowing than a scorpion!
there once was a man from Peru/
who said, “i have a cricket in my shoe”/
he stepped in with force/
and smashed it, of course/
and now he has goo in his shoe!
Yes. My brother in Arizona showed me this back in 2008 when I stopped there on my cross country drive. We found two or three using this technique that evening.
I really want to test this out around here. I know there are scorpions, they’re just hard to find. This feels like a good way to find them.
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