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Bob and Susan
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scropians glow when under a black-light
they REALLY stand out
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Russ
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Really haven't seen many in the last few years but this summer I've destroyed about 10 in & around the house.
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Paulina
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Russ,
Your scorpion looks bigger than the one we found this summer. It was under a pile of garbage bags at the college field station in Bahia. I hope your
finger heals quickly.
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joel
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Get "The Extractor"! I've used it several times on myself and family members who have been stung. Works unbelievably well if you get it on within a
minute or two. I keep one in each car, one in the bathroom.
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Bob and Susan
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"the extractor"...
do you really want him in the house
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boe4fun
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I would suggest you try this: Take a Benedril or a generic for it (or two) and aspirin or tylenol. The antihistimine agent in the Benedril will
counteract the neurotoxins and the aspirin will help with the discomfort. I know that this works, at least for me!
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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Russ
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Joel, You mean this one? I also have 3 of them but took then out of the boat, quad and car because I never used them and when I did them I forgot I
had them.
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BajaBlanca
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Russ - hope the pain dimishes fast ! 
Bob & Susan - love that Poder Mortal, I put it on the shopping list 
BajaBass - if I EVER see one in our house, you and esp your WIFE can come and stay for free ( I will need her help to hunt down every single last one
hahaha!!!)
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David K
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Glad you survived Russ!
Graham Mackintosh (in his first book) documents the sting of a scorpion very well!
Always have a bottle of TEA TREE OIL (Melaleuca alternifolia) on hand for any poison stings (and a ton of other skin problems, including sunburn and
cuts) to apply to the wound... it neutrilizes the venom. It is used in Australia (where it comes from) to treat bites of the funnel web spider... more
deadly than our black widow!
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Russ
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DK, I read all sorts of thing about the Tea Tree Oil and so I purchased 3 bottles. It kinda smell like Ben Gay (or what ever that stuff is). I haven't
noticed any real benefits in healing or help with stings and I used it quit a bit for a year or so on almost everything from a scratch to sting ray
hits. If any one would like a small 1oz. bottle come on over. I may still have a supply. Lots of folks swear by the stuff I just went back to
Neosporine.
Oh, the minor effects of the scorpion sting are all gone. Thanks for the concern. Just a bump on the end of my baby finger
[Edited on 8-20-2010 by Russ]
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dtbushpilot
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Russ, hope you have a full recovery but if you should take a turn for the worse I will be happy to take care of Mason......if I can have your
boat......and Polaris......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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joel
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Joel, You mean this one? I also have 3 of them but took then out of the boat, quad and car because I never used them and when I did them I forgot I
had them. |
Absolutely. I've used them to great effect on scoprion stings as well as bee stings.
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Cypress
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Russ, Glad you're OK.
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Russ, hope you have a full recovery but if you should take a turn for the worse I will be happy to take care of Mason......if I can have your
boat......and Polaris......dt |
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Pescador
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Russ, you are the only person I know that would get stung by one of those rascals and then turn around and take a picture of it. If it had stung me
there would only be a grease spot to photograph. Glad you are OK
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Baja&Back
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| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
Get "The Extractor"! I've used it several times on myself and family members who have been stung. Works unbelievably well if you get it on within a
minute or two. I keep one in each car, one in the bathroom. |
Where do you get "The Extractor"???
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Russ
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http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Extractor-Professional-Snake-In...
you'll have to copy & paste the whole address or just google "the extractor" That's what I did.
[Edited on 8-20-2010 by Russ]
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rhintransit
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another vote for the extractor, which you can get at any US Walmart in the camping section. under twenty bucks. works great if you use it in time.
I can't testify to scorpion stings, knock on wood, none in five years of living in the open air palapa, but bee and wasp stings, yes. I am fairly
sensitive to those guys, with massive swelling, associated itching and pain for days, but when I've gotten the extractor on within five minutes of the
bite, it only swells like a mosquito bite.
[Edited on 8-20-2010 by rhintransit]
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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vgabndo
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Thanks Bugman...exilicauda is the bad guy and has a really skinny tail.
Yes, even their empty exoskeletins glow in UV light.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Pompano
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I found 7 of the little yellow guys in my tub when I returned last year. All dead because they could not climb back up the steep sides.
Par for the course.
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