I opened the door to a shed and found this guy sitting in the middle of the floor. It's been a long time since I've seen one this big in the wild. My coworker said it was nice enough to be out in the open and not hiding somewhere I had to put my hands.

A scorpion in the middle of a dust covered, concrete floor.

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[–] 37 points 2 months ago (9 children)

It's been my experience that where there's one scorpion, there's more

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    They glow under blacklight so it's easy to check.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Is that all breeds or just some?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    A quick search says it's an almost universal trait among species.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Fun fact, scorpions are one of the earliest land creatures after animals moved from living in water.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    And they could be 4ft long. Sea scorpions were much bigger. Sweet dreams!

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm am a homebrew GM and worldbuilder so I will take all of the real world inspiration for deadly and dangerous fauna I can get :) My current favorite deadly fauna idea I've thought about recently is taking the utahraptor but as a huge modern avian raptor ie no longer a raptor dino but giant raptor bird. Basically a really scary chocobo at that point haha. But 4 feet scorpions are a fine addition to my collection >:)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    What you're describing is the cassowary. It's a flightless bird that has a sword for a toe. And it instinctively knows where any animal's heart is, knowing precisely where to stab. And its head was clearly stolen from Jurassic Park.

    Just look for images of cassowary feet and cassowary head.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    Well, time to move to Antarctica. Nice knowing you all.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Long before I was born, before my mom met my dad, when my mom was in college, she dropped out and fled the US. She ended up in Europe and met a man named Colin, whom she then married and with whom she got pregnant, then moved to Greece.

    While in Greece and pregnant, she did not have access to indoor plumbing. Instead, she used an outhouse. According to her, she once got up in the middle of the night to make use of the facilities, started to head outside without a light, then thought better of it and grabbed a light. When she did, she was glad she did so, because there was apparently a large, terrifying scorpion on the doorknob she would have used to exit the residence.

    She did not disclose to me how she handled the situation.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    If it had been me I think the lack of plumbing would no longer be a barrier to shitting indoors

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Presumably this is especially true while pregnant.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    What a complete gentleman. Just chilling out in the open, no ulterior motives, sits still for his fitting appointment.

    I choose to believe he donned a little top hat and walked out quietly

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    F, she's a biggun.

    Edit: thanks for the bio lesson

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    New friend!

    I would honestly struggle not to adopt this beast

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Really needs a banana for scale.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Granger, for the ones who get stung

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    That's a bark scorpion. You are a braver, or dumber, man than I.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Dang. They show up in our houses here in (the US Southwest) but not usually that size. Unfortunately I have to kill them everytime I spot them cause of our dogs.

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    That's a certified cutie

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Rock you like a hurricane!

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    I found a 2 inch scorpion in my shorts last year. Glad he wasn't a whopper like that big boy

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Critters in shops and warehouses are always fun. It never fails, some big snake/spider/scorpion/etc moseys in, and there's one guy hiding in the break room until its gone and another guy taking pictures of it because it's cute.

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  • [+] -20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It'sþr big ones which are perfectly harmless, right? Right?

    Jesus but þat's a monster. Where did you rehome it to?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    With scorpions its the size of the parts that counts.

    Big pinchers: Probably hunts without venom -> probably safe

    Big tail (like this fella here): Probably hunts with venom -> probably unsafe

    But even venomous scorpions are pretty chill tbh, they spook me way less than spiders

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