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Oct 29, 2010, 12:37 PM
 
I'm still reeling from a tasty little morsel of info I got this morning. The average person eats 10 spiders a year in their sleep!
     
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Oct 29, 2010, 01:12 PM
 
Not at all related to spiders, but definitely in the Huh? category:

I did a cool dangerous thing a couple of weeks ago. I was out in the desert playing with scorpions - didja know that they glow a brilliant green when a black light is shone upon them?

Damn Nature, you scary.
     
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Oct 29, 2010, 01:47 PM
 
I did not know that. Very cool.

     
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Oct 29, 2010, 02:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
I was out in the desert playing with scorpions - didja know that they glow a brilliant green when a black light is shone upon them?
Same thing happens with the neighbors couch ...

... I need to take a shower.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
... I need to take a shower.
You're covered with scorpions, eh? Yeah, I've been there
     
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On a related scorpion note, you can boil them, then freeze them, them thaw them and they will live.
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Originally Posted by -Q- View Post
I did not know that. Very cool.

I went to put on my shoes one morning this week and found one of these guys waiting on me. He didn't like the bright light and started spinning in a circle with his tail up and ready.
     
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior View Post
I went to put on my shoes one morning this week and found one of these guys waiting on me. He didn't like the bright light and started spinning in a circle with his tail up and ready.
Man that would freak me out. Not a fan of scorpions... nor spiders... Not sure if it's the time of year or weather or what but the tarantulas have been out in full force here lately. I realize they're basically harmless but damn they give me the creeps.
     
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I love tarantulas! They splat out beautifully under the front tire of a Harley! Baja Aha! Lol.
     
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Originally Posted by Atheist View Post
Man that would freak me out. Not a fan of scorpions... nor spiders... Not sure if it's the time of year or weather or what but the tarantulas have been out in full force here lately. I realize they're basically harmless but damn they give me the creeps.
It's the scorps that will get yah though. I hate scorpions.
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Nov 1, 2010, 04:19 PM
 
Just wait until you discover Scorpion Gulch in New Vegas. Yes, that's a real location, and yes, it's got a lot of scorpions.
     
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Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
Just wait until you discover Scorpion Gulch in New Vegas. Yes, that's a real location, and yes, it's got a lot of scorpions.
Thanks, but no thanks. I think I’ll pass on this one.
     
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