Desert Scorpion
Here's a pic of a little "monster" I recently came across out in the desert...
He's about 4 inches long and is a variety of the desert scorpions we have up in the high desert around Joshua Tree, Ca.
The funny thing is, I always go out looking for them at night with a black light (they GLOW green in the dark!) and always seem to just find small ones about an inch or two long.
So the other day I'm moving some old cardboard that was next to my house and there he was... a giant!
I caught him in a pickle jar and took him out in the desert a ways to release unharmed. I took a quick pic and then left him alone to find a burrow.
Many people fear these scorpions, but they are quite harmless and docile - just shake out your boots and bag in the morning or you might just meet the wrong end of one. I've never been stung, but I hear it's like getting punctured by a white hot rivet!
Pretty cool, huh?
DB
Posted: Wednesday 15th August 2007, 12:00 AM
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