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Why scorpions are the scariest (that Harryhausen dude didn't help none neither): (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Jan 2013 OP
That pretty much sums up my feelings. Liberal Veteran Jan 2013 #1
Oh, but they're so cute and cuddly! Brigid Jan 2013 #2
Well, they do eat other insects and small rodents.... Wounded Bear Jan 2013 #4
NOW YOU'RE JUST BEING MEAN!!!!! MiddleFingerMom Jan 2013 #5
Scorpions and lobsters and spiders are already related WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #3
Once, about 20 years ago, LWolf Jan 2013 #6
Scorpios, on the other hand, are sweet and cuddly. nt MrScorpio Jan 2013 #7
Hadrurus arizonensis antiquie Jan 2013 #8
Nothing compared to the androctonus species hobbit709 Jan 2013 #10
True, antiquie Jan 2013 #11
When I was five years old in the 1950s, my dad was transferred to San Antonio, Texas aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #9
I have severe arachnophobia that has diminished a bit after years... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #12

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
1. That pretty much sums up my feelings.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 09:23 PM
Jan 2013

I'm sure scorpions have some redeeming quality, but I am hard pressed to find it.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
6. Once, about 20 years ago,
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 10:50 AM
Jan 2013

I stumbled, mostly asleep, to the bathroom at about 2:00 in the morning; slapped the light on as I went through the door, dropped my pjs, sat, and looked down...







to see a very large scorpion about an inch away from my bare feet.



I lifted my feet and yelled until the then-spouse woke up, scooped it up in a can and released it outside.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
9. When I was five years old in the 1950s, my dad was transferred to San Antonio, Texas
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 02:05 PM
Jan 2013

where there were scorpions everywhere. The family dog was coated with them when we let it outside. When my dad cut the grass, the cuffs of his pants held several of them when he was finished. They were inside the house, all over the place despite the fact my parents would periodically leave the house and burn some poisonous candles designed to kill them. During that one year in San Antonio, my mother said she barely ever slept. I hope it’s not like that still.

a la izquierda

(11,782 posts)
12. I have severe arachnophobia that has diminished a bit after years...
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 03:34 PM
Jan 2013

in Mexico. However, scorpions don't bother me unless they startle me.

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