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09-06-2012, 08:06 AM
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Location: Zawaia, Al-Gharb
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I wonder if they had told her the price beforehand if she would have said, "No thanks." |
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09-06-2012, 08:20 AM
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When living in the south for many years i always got in the habit of turning my shoes over and giving them a tap before putting them on, never found a scorpion in them but a shoe is a likely place for them to habitate, i did knock out the occasional spider.
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09-06-2012, 01:18 PM
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that is insane. the type of scorpions present in AZ aren't even very toxic.
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09-09-2012, 05:10 PM
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Location: NW Nevada
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that is insane. the type of scorpions present in AZ aren't even very toxic.
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Not so. The red bark scorpion, common in AZ, is decidedly deadly. They ain't so big, but pack a powerful neurotoxic punch. As I said in the other thread on this, further south you get, the nastier scorpions, and some other crawlies, get. What sub species actually stung the woman was not stated. Tbe picture in the article was of a type not in North Am. Probably just pulled off the web as convenient by whoever wrote the piece. |
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09-10-2012, 10:02 AM
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Location: On the East Coast
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I can see the hospital inflating the bill a little but $83,000 plus is ridiculous!
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09-10-2012, 07:26 PM
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I can see the hospital inflating the bill a little but $83,000 plus is ridiculous!
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In Mexico the 2 doses of anti-venom she received costs $200. |
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09-12-2012, 11:59 PM
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Location: Medina Co., TX
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There is another thread about this same story. Of course, this article does a few more details. The scorpion was an African species commonly available in the pet trade, not a native Arizona species.
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09-13-2012, 01:15 PM
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^no, as i noted in the other thread, the picture in that story had nothing to do with the scorpion in question.
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Originally Posted by uggabugga
yeah, that picture had nothing to do with the one that stung this woman. i've kept emperor scorps as pets for a long time, and they are far safer to handle than your average hamster or gerbil. if they were to sting you, which is very unlikely, it's not even as bad as a bee sting.
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10-02-2012, 12:42 PM
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Location: Kenosha Pleasant Prairie, WI
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I have to ask this question to see if there is a knowledgeable person here who knows something of scorpions.
My souse and I were camping out west, and used the latrines to bathe at in a park.
In one of the shower stalls was a small scorpion about 2 - 2/12 inches in length, and it was translucent, almost clear, in coloration. Was this one of those poisonous ones, or was it harmless?
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