r/mildlyinteresting • u/elpierce • Jul 25 '22

A scorpion drinking the condensation off of my beverage [OC] Quality Post

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u/elpierce Jul 25 '22

Texas.

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u/PeeledCrepes Jul 25 '22

Ah so striped bark scorpion then. Yano not the worst but still not fun lol

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u/MercilessParadox Jul 25 '22

Ive been stung by them multiple times. Always substantially worse than any other small stinging creature but never bad enough to warrant anything other than retaliation with blunt object.

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u/MercilessParadox Jul 25 '22

I easily could from 100 yards away, but I don't usually keep one on me when hauling lumber about.

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u/doFloridaRight ​ Jul 25 '22

Then are you really even a Texan?

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u/tonyMEGAphone Jul 25 '22

Alla-ca-blam!

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u/nanocookie Jul 25 '22

I got 57 more goddamned rounds in this 4 round magazine

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u/skyline_kid Jul 25 '22

For real, what kind of liberal commie isn't strapped at all times?

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u/redlinezo6 Jul 25 '22

Gotta save all 30 rounds for the wild boar that trample their children.

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u/Jonoczall Jul 25 '22

Only if the scorpion was in the process of trying to get an education

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u/PeeledCrepes Jul 25 '22

or abortion

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u/Saint_Disgustus Jul 25 '22

My mom caught a honey bee to the nose, she wad teary eyed for hours and looked like a clown

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u/plafki Jul 25 '22

Really fun if you are brave enough.... to organize lil scorpions football league!

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u/Terrik1337 Jul 25 '22

Now I want to teach scorpions how to play football. They are one of the few invertebrates that could hold a ball.

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u/pls_coffee Jul 25 '22

And they have so many lil feet

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u/ReduceRentVoteRED Jul 25 '22

Yahnoh not the wurst but I'll be goin back to Canada

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u/blonderaider21 Jul 25 '22

Idk how any of these creatures and critters are surviving our heat wave rn. I don’t even like the destructive bunnies we have tearing up our yard, but I’ve been putting pans of water out for them simply bc I feel like they and the birds are suffering.

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u/BogeysNBrews Jul 25 '22

My Shih Tzu got stung on the chin by a striped bark scorpion a few weeks ago. She started having difficulty breathing and coughing/gagging fits. Took her in to ER vet and they gave her Benadryl, steroid and pain meds. So while they’re usually harmless to humans they can do damage to little fur babies.

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u/NearHi Jul 25 '22

Where in TX? I moved from Phoenix to Dallas partially to get away from these assholes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Do you check your bed every night?

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u/drewcast35 Jul 25 '22

I got stung by one when I was sleeping, after the first few weeks I was checking my bed religiously to see if they were hiding.

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u/AnonEMoussie Jul 25 '22

I thought at first he was asking if it was Arizona Iced Tea. Texas Tea is something else. Black gold, oil, that is.

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u/shanetobacco Jul 25 '22

My condolences