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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 12:44 PM


scropians glow when under a black-light

they REALLY stand out




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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 12:55 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 02:01 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 02:23 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 03:43 PM


"the extractor"...

do you really want him in the house:lol:

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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 03:54 PM


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!



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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 04:00 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 04:56 PM


Russ - hope the pain dimishes fast ! :yes:

Bob & Susan - love that Poder Mortal, I put it on the shopping list :fire:

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!!!) :lol:





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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:11 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:20 PM


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:tumble:

[Edited on 8-20-2010 by Russ]




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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:32 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:39 PM


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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.


Absolutely. I've used them to great effect on scoprion stings as well as bee stings.
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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:51 PM


Russ, Glad you're OK.
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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 05:54 PM


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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


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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 06:16 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 06:49 PM


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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.



Where do you get "The Extractor"???




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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 06:57 PM


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.

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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 07:36 PM


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.

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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 08:25 PM


Thanks Bugman...exilicauda is the bad guy and has a really skinny tail.

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[*] posted on 8-19-2010 at 09:24 PM


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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